dreaming--and breathing♥

okay guys (and gals), i watched a pretty good movie tonight--Dinner for Schmucks. you might not believe it...but this movie truly inspi[red] me. towards the very end of the movie one of the main characters--Barry(Steve Carell) gave a speech with his mice[trust me, i could never explain--just trust me on this one. haha] his speech is as follows:

"A thousand years ago, the only people on earth were monkeys, and they said, 'We'll never walk erectis. We'll never use tools. We'll never talk.' And then one monkey said. 'Oh yeah? Well I'm talking right now!' That monkey was a dreamer. (okay--monkeys into people=dumb...but just...keep reading)Fast forward 500 years. The Wright brothers decide to make themselves a flying machine. 'You fools! You idiots! What's your problem?' everyone shouted, 'That will never work because plywood weighs more than air!' To which the Wright brothers responded, 'No, it doesn't.' The Wright brothers were dreamers.
The earl of sandwich and Sir Francis Bacon. Had it not been for them, the BLT would merely be lettuce and tomato. They were dreamers, and sandwichmakers...Vincent Van Gogh. Everyone told him, 'You only have one ear. You cannot be a great artist.' And you know what he said? 'I can't hear you.' Van Gogh was a dreamer...Louis Pasteur turned cheese into medicine...Benjamin Franklin. People said, 'You can't fly a kite in a rainstorm,' and Ben Franklin said, 'Yes you can, if you have an electric kite.'
parents encourage their children to be realistic...to try, try, try because in order to be something--you have to try...they tell us that we have to do what it takes to get to the top... but RARELY do they ever tell us to be dreamers.

do you think that George Washington merely tried to become the first president? do you think he tried because he wanted to get to the top? sure of course he did--but you know what else he did? he DREAMED!

in society today kids are being told to be realistic--what ever happened to being creative? having an imagination? following your dreams?

i told my Daddy when i was in 7th grade that i DREAMED to go to Williams...he told me to be REALISTIC--that Williams was too costly. guess what? i'm living my DREAM...

too often being realistic tears a hole in dreams... we need to dream... we need to be creative... we need to be inspi[red].

i refuse to 'be realistic' i'd rather dream...

...i'm breathing.