To Realize A Dream...

"...faith without works...is dead..."

I could remember sitting in a dimly lit room alone with a man.  He was a child psychologist.  His job was going to determine my mental state in the middle of a heavily fought custody battle being waged "for my own good".  Of all the questions this man could ask, the one question that stood out for me the most was "do you have any dreams?".  I asked him to explain and he just said "you know, something you would like to do".  I tell this man "yeah, I'd like to fly".  He says "Oh, so you'd like to be a pilot?"  I said "no, I'd like to fly...like Superman".  He said..."Oh...OK" and then proceeded to write in his 25 cent notepad.  After all was done, I was able to peruse some of the paperwork from the courts.  To my surprise, this state sponsored quack wrote that I was "deluded" and "unstable" due to my answer to that question.  He even wrote that for the lawyers..."He said he would like to fly like a superhero"...yep fuckhead lol  I told my mother that I answered what he asked me.  He didn't ask me about my goals in life or even what I would like to do "when I grew up".  In a dream, you can do anything at all...even fly but when did that become a goal?  I understood the distinction as a child but somewhere along the way the dream that requires "belief" took upon itself the expectations of a goal.  Yes...a goal.  Something that requires more than just "belief" and nifty tear jerking background music...

Today, we have too many people living in their self-imposed delusional dreamland.  They think that if they "believe" enough, things will somehow materialize on their own.  Only problem?...reality can be a mother fucker and when reality hits, all dissipated belief settles into a pile of depressing mediocrity.  Does that mean that dreams are not worth having?  Absolutely not!!!  Just keep in mind that wishing upon a star means shit without a plan, a contingency plan and the "family be trippin" break plan lol  In other words, be prepared as though this were more than just some fleeting fantasy only worth a daydream or two.  Make it something more...something tangible.

Take a look at that seven story wall.  Look at it's very top.  That very place where your victory lay.  You ain't got no damn cape and your mutant climbing abilities haven't made it through the evolutionary process yet.  No people, you have to fuckin climb.  Sometimes you have that ladder built by those that went before and all you have to do is use that same template for success.  Other times though, you will have to create your own ladder...one fucking rung at a time.  Ladders that you must be prepared to get knocked off of.  Ladders that will break on you.  Ladders that will tire you out to the point where you will take any distraction you can get.  If your dream is worth anything at all...keep in mind that in order to have it manifest, you have to treat it like a goal.  Blood, sweat, muscle and tears...one rung at a time...

Oh by the way, for those of you that expected the dream to materialize on "wishes" alone and have given up?  Be free from a depression brought on by something society has minimized.  Do all now you must do and get your ass back on that fuckin wall...

~Apollo