Sometimes you don’t know what you’re looking for — or even that you’re looking — until the object of your desire appears unexpectedly before you.
What do you do then?
Do you cling to your old, safe life, the life of the known and the familiar, the life that always seems a little hollow?
Or do you take a risk? Take a chance on what might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
Do you listen to your conscience, to the voice of reason, to your friends? Or do you jump at the chance to pursue a dream, succumb to love at first sight?
Maybe, in the past, you waited, took the safe path.
Not now.
You know what it’s like to taste a dream deferred. You want to know what it tastes like to taste the dream realized. Though you know you’re playing out of your league, you move as quickly as possible, pour all of your love and time and attention into your dream.
You give your best effort.
And then you wait.
You wait because your dream is in somebody else’s hands.
You wait.
Your heart sweats. Your body shakes. You can’t sleep. You can’t eat. Your throat is tight — you can’t breathe.
You are chasing a dream.
If you discover the answer to my riddle — and some of you will probably figure it out quickly — please do not share. Just sit smugly satisfied in the knowledge that you know what the hell I’m talking about. (Feel free to post conjecture, but don’t post an actual solution once you discover it.)
I’ll share the whole story some other time.
Meanwhile, discuss your dreams. What does it feel like to take leaps of faith? How much strength does it take to put your heart on the line? When have you done it and been glad? When has your heart been broken?