I’d never give a Dream away …
Dear you,
This will be the last “regular daily challenge” before tomorrow’s Live Stream to celebrate the end of this year’s MLT Club Advent Calendar. We will remind you all to tune in with a post and email tomorrow!
It’s only a couple more days till Christmas and less than 2 weeks until we can leave this bizarre year behind us. As we are heading towards the end of the year and into a new one we are very aware of the fact that 2021 is likely not going to bring us the salvation we are all hoping for. But despite that, we are staying hopeful and optimistic about the future, the human race and the wonders it can do.
It always gets harder to hold on to your dreams, your rational sanity and ethical values when times get scarier, circumstances get more difficult, and people get more divided. Yet that’s when we need them the most to guide us through the confusion.
We wrote the song “Dreams” more than 8 years ago. It was fueled by some of the same thoughts and contemplations that have dominated the last 12 months for us.
Today we’re asking you to reflect on your dreams. Find a way to make them a little more real every day of 2021. No worries, we don’t expect you all to share your innermost dreams and desires here in the comments (though some have been really open in the comments so far – something we feel honoured to have been a part of). But since this is part of the calendar “challenge”, maybe share just one or two aspects on what it is you value the most in life, what you would like to see come true if there was no one and nothing stopping you.
Times are tough and might even get tougher but always know that ” … your dreams and my dreams are meant to stay … ” ♥♥♥
Mona & Lisa
DAY 22 – DREAMS
Task of the Day:
Share in the comments what you would like to see come true if there was no one and nothing stopping you.
Achievable Points:
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63 replies on “Day 22 – Dreams”
I would love to find someone as I’ve single for to too long and I would love to move up to Blackpool as it’s like. Second home for me
If there was no one and nothing stopping me… my dream is to end human trafficking, especially child trafficking. It is my belief that this is the linchpin for many other serious ailments in our world. One great thing that 2020 has brought us is a reduction, albeit modest, in human trafficking. That has been my prayer for several years now, and it’s my biggest intent and prayer this Christmas.
With all the troubles 2020 has brought us, there are still some great positives for 2020. The MonaLisa Twins are a shining example of FAB things in 2020! ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ⭐ ????
Merry Christmas! Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël! Feliz Navidad!
These days, I mainly dream of making it through about three more seasons and hopefully feeling safe again to pursue other dreams.
My dream is a world without greed, hunger, war. A world where different cultures, religions, skin colors are celebrated. A world that heals the sick. A world without lines on a map separating people. A world were everyone can achieve their dreams. But until that happens, I dream that my wife and I stay healthy and are able to travel in our retirement.
Time travel, if math herself can’t stop me would be definitely time travel
Awesome song!
I think the most important dream, is the first which comes to your mind when asked about. Of course, I also thought about global things, like vaccines, peace, global warming and growing intolerance in this world. I did a bit later. Honestly, the very first dream I thought about reading this challenge was: “If I could ever have a jam session with MonaLisaTwins. At least half an hour would make me happy” 🙂
It is somewhat surprising to me that most of the dreams I had as a young man in my 20’s have come true. As I enter the next phase of my life (retirement) I have a bucket list with a few odds and ends listed. One of them was to climb two more fourteeners (mountains over 14000 ft) bringing my lifetime count to five. I succeeded in achieving that goal this past summer. So I added another – see the Monalisa Twins play live.
But, I also have a To Do list that has been waiting for my retirement, and one of the items on the list is finding ways to make lives better. Up till now I have focused on my family, but my dream is to touch a few lives beyond my family.
At the moment my biggest dream would be that the global pandemic would stop and we could a return a our normal lives. That said, I wish we will have learned some things, what we can achieve when people globally work together – we could solve hunger and poverty, work together to find cures for diseases, I wish us to stop the climate crisis and ecological destruction, I wish people in my family would be healed from diseases, I wish us to live together in kindness and solidarity and not in selfishness and nationalism. I wish for the refugess on Lesbos to live in human conditions, for all refugees to be welcomed and not be put into camps or to drown in the sea. I wish to be able to use my Master’s degree for the good and help to change people’s lives for the better.
Meet the love of my life! 😉
I have honestly dreamed of running a radio network where artists such as yourselves, The Tibbs, Si Cranstoun, Jennie Lena, he Yearning, and others have a voice, mixed in with some classic 60’s & 70’s songs for flavor. looking about and listening to folks, it seems to be what they would like to listen toi, if there were a place it could all be found together.
I started this and it turned into a major essay but I junked that when I realized my dream could be summed up simply by quoting Bill S. Preston, Esq – “Be Excellent to each other”
” … your dreams and my dreams are meant to stay … ” ♥♥♥ I will take that to heart. Your song Dreams, which always got me in a wonderful peaceful and mysterious mood, especially after a long hard day, really has a lot of meaning in these times. It’s our dreams that will keep us afloat and going during hard times indeed.
For me one of the most important values in life is freedom. Free to be what you want and do what your heart desires. But freedom doesn’t exist in a vacuum, but is something we have to build both individually in our own lives and as a society in the world we live in. We need to protect our health and have a home and a means to live to begin to achieve personal freedom to pursue our dreams, and as people we have social responsibilities to one another to build a society that supports peace and harmony, as chaos and division is not freedom at all.
This pandemic certainly has spotlighted all the shortcomings in our society that show we don’t have true freedom everywhere. It seems the development of the vaccine has shown us a glimmer of hope, but the situation is really like we have arrived at the eye of the hurricane now, and we still have the other half of the hurricane to get through before this is over. We all need to stay the course and not let our guard down and be smart. Back in March/April as the pandemic started to unfold at an alarming rate, and the world went into a lockdown, I remember some of the local health authorities told us, “we will get through this, this is not forever”, that gave me hope and confidence. And so I say now “this is not forever, we will get through this” and put this nightmare behind us.
One of my big dreams for when I retire, hopefully within the next 5 to 10 years, sooner rather than later I wish 🙂 , is to pursue my piano aspirations. I use to dream of being a concert pianist when I use to listen to Beethoven or Mozart, but in reality now I would like to achieve a level of competence to be able to play something Beethoven or Mozart in my retirement 🙂 , and perhaps enroll in a local college or university to study music and even get a music diploma. Maybe even auditing classes would be enjoyable to learn music theory and history. It would certainly be good for the health to stay engaged and learning. When I see people like Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, John Sebastian etc making their music, doing concerts, and releasing albums through their late 70s and into their 80s, it’s inspiring and makes me believe a new life can indeed start after retirement.
Traveling and seeing the world has been one of my life long dreams. I remember how invigorating and free it felt on my 2 week road trips, and one of these days not too far in the distant future I’d like that feeling again on a bigger, longer, grander scale to see the world.
And finally, I dream for you that you may reunite with Lampi Bampi and visit your Grand Parents in 2021. ????
Back in 97 I use to dream big of being a concert pianist. This is the only record of me playing piano from those days when I dreamt big on my piano. Hopefully I can do Beethoven better justice in the future. I practiced for an upcoming live recital at the piano school I took lessons at. As you can see, I had much still to practice! 🙂
https://youtu.be/5XDTj7LA96M
Hey Jung, I really enjoyed listening to this! Thanks so much for sharing. I will look forward to an “updated” video at some point given that this is 23 years old!
Thanks much Stephen! 🙂 I shall practice hard to do that.
This is terrific, Jung! Don’t sell yourself short; you’re very talented.
To quote Stewie from Family Guy, “Now play that sad walking-away song from The Incredible Hulk.”
Thanks David, appreciate that.????
I dream of a world in which everyone follows the Golden Rule; “do unto others the same as you would have them do unto you”. My other dream is to never be without hope, to never give up your dreams.
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Wow…..great contest question!!!. Not sure if it’s easier to dream positive or negative thoughts in today’s world. Certainly positive or good dreams is what we all hope for. For me personally my life is so complete(not that there’s no room for improvement.) Like I mentioned I have a twin brother & we have lived together most of our lives. I know one of our dreams was to move away from the cold winter weather on the East coast of the US which in fact did come true in 2014 when we moved to Las Vegas. While we certainly miss most of the friends & people we grew up with back East, we have made new friends out here (which is sometimes not the easiest thing to do as you get older). I guess if I had to put my #1 dream in writing it would be that my brother is always healthy & enjoys life as much as I do!!!!
I guess on a side note “dream” it would be to win this contest!!! Wahoo & Merry Christmas
I dream of a day when people treat others the way they want to be treated. We could respect our differences and focus on the humanity that ties us together
It seems like we all have the same dreams echoed by Lennon’s Imagine. Elvis Costello summed it up nice, “What’s so funny ‘bout peace love and understanding?”
I always dream of discovering a cure for cancer. I lost a close friend to cancer twenty years ago, and my wife battled it this past decade. I thank God every day that she is a beautiful cancer survivor. ????
And then there is this other dream – live music. Whenever I check in here I dream of going to a concert sooner than later. Thank you for front row seats to the Cavern Club, or should I say front row sofa. My not so impossible dream is to go to an MLT show, sooner than later.
Merry Christmas
JP
I would eliminate the human desire for power. I have tried and cannot think of an instance in human history where the lust for power didn’t factor into the evil that people visit upon one another, from a thoughtless remark directed at a stranger to the conquest of a nation directed at its own citizens. The acquisition of power nurtures the worst tendencies regardless of initial good intentions, and feeds the creative misuse of it to maintain its possession. I would like to see a world where the power over anyone is freely given by those who would be subjected to it, and freely relinquished when recalled by the those who awarded it.
Cures for cancers, MS, MD and a host of other horrible diseases. And end to child abuse, MUCH stricter punishments for heinous crimes like murder,rape. I feel here in the U.S. punishments are far too weak and prisoners have it far too easy.
I wish everyone a far better 2021. It’s GOT to be better than this year was. My year was terrible due to health issues but team MLT really helped me to get through it. For that I am grateful.
My dream is for my family to back together. Our family have been separated 4 years ago, over some things that went on and some members are not letting it go. I am so proud of my family, My Daughter Adrienne, and my 2 boys Billy and Josh have not been together for Christmas since 2016 and I love them dearly and it hurts to see them divided like this. I know as time goes on kids grow up and things are not always the same but the thing that still stands time is family and no matter what goes on, you always have each others back and love and support. I live for my family, when I get done at work, i can’t wait to be home and other guys I work with go out and don’t go home to their family but my family is everything to me. So in 2021 nothing would make me more happy than knowing my family is going to be back together to share laughs and good times once again.
I dream for a world where people do more listening then preaching. Add the comeback of common sense and a healthy dose of civility and I think that most issues that we confront in life will be easier to deal with. I don’t know everything but I know enough to make it day to day and try to not mess up others chances at enjoying life.
And please world, get your sense of humor back. Political correctness is a dangerous thing to try to achieve and doesn’t improve the human condition one tiny bit.
My dream, like that of many, is the health of the sick and resignation for those who lost their loved ones due to illness. Also a less complicated world, not everything has to be easy but the politicians are in charge of doing it perhaps because it suits them that way.
I have two main dreams for the world. I’ll try not to have too much of a rant for each.
My first dream is for a world with less inequality. In 2017 the Guardian newspaper published a statistic that 1% of the world’s population had 50% of its wealth. I’ve actually seen articles that indicate that this is actually on the low side. This is obscene!
I have no problem with people being wealthy but mega rich is just plain wrong. Many people here in the UK are suspicious of very rich people and are just uncomfortable with the idea.
I fully realise that the transition to a fairer distribution of riches has to be done carefully so that people who have never had much, if anything, can learn how to deal and cope with having enough to have a comfortable life. I am not in favour of just dishing out the cash but of ensuring that the work and efforts of people in the poorest countries is properly rewarded and not exploited by us rich nations.
And no, I am not a Socialist or Communist. I vote Liberal Democrat which is a centrist left party.
My second dream is for all children to be free from fear, poverty, exploitation and many other things. It is closely related to my first dream. I support UNICEF and World Vision with monthly giving to put my money where my mouth is and also give a Christmas donation to Railway Children of India.
Manchester United footballer, Marcus Rashford, has my great admiration for his campaign to ensure that children in the UK do not go hungry. Whist he is now wealthy, due to his talent and hard work, he is using his profile to help tackle this problem. As a child he was one of those children who did not know if they would have anything to eat that day. This is happening in the UK still. We need to tackle it not just here but worldwide. We need more people like Marcus. I know that many people do lots of similar good work but people like him who have been there and can express it eloquently give it the clarity and gravitas needed.
M & L stated above that they have been touched about how some of us here have opened up. I have found it easy to do so because no one here is out to knock anyone, just the opposite. Most have a similar generally positive view of life in general. This is the reason that the twins appeal to us so much as their persona is just so positive, natural and friendly. This is on top of their music which is the main draw, of course, but they manage to touch us in so many ways.
Thank you everyone for putting up with my ramblings and the positive replies and kind words. I decided during lockdown that I needed to let out a lot of my depressive side. My family are too close in a way but I will talk to them as I now know that one of my brothers has similar problems. It will be difficult to start but it has to be done.
We shared so much growing up without a father but we did not really share our negatives, wanting to be positive for each other. Some of the challenges set have been good for my sole searching and stimulated me to open up freely as I have not done so enough before. Again thank you everyone for the lovely feel of this adventure.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Wow. So, I have always been a dreamer. I remember one of my elementary school teachers writing a note to my parents on one of my report cards, “Jerry does good work, but he doesn’t always seem to be with us.” ????
Every since I was young I have wanted to go into outer space. ???? That’s an impossible dream, especially now at my age with my health. But I have always been interested in our space program and I enjoy reading Physics books.
Have you been watching Jupiter and Saturn?
Anyhow, my other dream was/is to get one, or some, of the songs I’ve written recorded and produced by professional artists. I played with a band that recorded a couple of singles. Way back in the seventies when I played drums. They were 45rpm one song on each side, for those who might not know. Then in the late seventies or early eighties, I did some local studio work for a gentleman who wrote Country music songs. I later invited to play with him on the Grand Old Opry radio show. The day before we were supposed to leave for Nashville, Tennessee, I came down with the flu. I would have gone anyhow, but I was running a high fever and had to cancel.
But, I don’t have dreams of wealth or fame. Just more of a fantasy to, after all these years, accomplish something.
Like Steve Tyler said, “Dream on, Dream on, Dream on…
But, don’t we all have to have dreams to keep us going? Because, “Your dreams and my dreams are meant to stay!” MonaLisa Twins. ????❤
Say goodbye to the dreams of your youth, but never to your dreams!
Well my dreams these days are always varied but always adventurous and challenging. As for my dreams for the world, it is best articulated by John Lennon in his beautiful song ”Imagine”. What more could we ask for?
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today… Aha-ah…
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace… You…
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world… You…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
My dream would be for my wife to be cured of COPD, asthma, emphysema, and lung cancer. That would mean the world to me. Watching her suffer more every day and not being able to do anything about it is absolutely heartbreaking. We have been together over 27 years and I love her with all my heart, but I know one day her suffering will stop, and that day will be filled with mixed emotions, knowing that she is gone will be very hard to live with, but knowing she will suffer no more in Heaven will be a great feeling.
If you want others to be happy, show compassion. If you want to be happy, show compassion So dreams the Dalai Lama and me
Kindness is most important. If only we could all be kind to one another…
That’s a tough one. I have stated before and I try to spread this message as much as I can. I think that most of the world’s problems could be solved with the Beatles message of “All You Need Is Love” or John Lennon’s “Imagine”. I would want to see a world where people get out of their own self and reach out to lend a hand to those around them. Poverty and hunger would go away, goodbye to wars over ideologies and pieces of property. Crimes would drop. Getting past what’s best for me, but what is best of everyone. An unachievable goal, probably, but i try to do it and if I can influence someone to change, I have made the world just a little bit better.
Hi Mona, Hi Lisa .. I have a dream for the world that must be a general dream, I dream of a fairer world, a safer world with more love among us humans, as Jhon Lennon dreamed, for me .. I believe that I have achieved many of my small dreams, I was never very ambitious, today, I am happy to see my daughters achieving their dreams, in studies, in business and now they are mothers and are very happy .. I have the dream of living on the coast (I love the sea), maybe in 2022 I will manage., another dream is to visit some places in the world, one of them is Liverpool, I always loved this city, home of the Beatles and now I have another reason too … so I dream that one day you have a live performance and I can get to know Liverpool, the Beatles’ places and watch you on the stage and if I’m really lucky to have a few minutes with you.
I’d like to see a trouble free world a world in peace and also the end of this pandemic
Kindness.
To everyone. From everyone.
That’s it. That’s the dream.
” we are such stuff as dreams are made on”. – Shakespeare
Perhaps my favorite Quote..
I would love to see peace and politicians, governments,, world leaders,, be honest .
As long as their are different opinions, I guess that’s too much to hope for
Still, it would be very nice to see.
I would like to see this nightmare.of a year end and things be better than before.
Find a cure for terminal child hood diseases that take these precious kids. .
I think all of us deep down would like to see
this.
I would love to see my Daughter not have to suffer with her illness. She just wants to live her life giving to others and being a strong independent woman that loves to help others and contribute toward her goals of a home and
loving her family.
I dream of seeing the MonaLisa Twins Live
And perhaps meeting them one day that would be the absolute dream come true.
We all have dreams and aspirations. Hopefully we can all make a few of those happen.
I would love to continue to dream up ways of helping others more. Sometimes I have ways of finding things, taking the time to help others more, being able to give gifts to a stranger, just because it’s the right thing to do. Everyone needs a little kindness in their lives.
What an awesome challenge today ladies. Thanks! ????????♀️????????❤
I would have to say that the one thing I would love to see come to past is that my children get back in touch with me. I have not seen nor talked to them in a long while, I tried to get in touch with them but no reply. My x has been horrible and did everything she could to destroy any relationship I had with them. My son for the longest time would call me and I’d see him at least once a week but even that has stopped. I still have the same phone number and live in the same place that I did when they were in touch with me. I love them and think of them all of the time but a heart can take only so much, I’m getting older and just trust they get in touch with me before it is too late. Does this count as a dream?
Of course that counts! I’m sorry that this situation is so difficult and I pray that it will mend soon.
thanks
I already posted , however I just wanted to mention that I also finally posted my craft from day 6. Merry Christmas, my friends.
I will break my impossible dreams into two parts:
I just finished a one hour walk during which I contemplated that about which I might write in reply to today’s task. I thought about many altruistic dreams with global implications, as many have touched on already. I looked at some very personal dreams as of yet unfulfilled but still possible, as well as how very blessed I am to have made many of my personal goals and dreams come true. It seemed a bit egocentric, however, to share something unique to myself only. I examined my spiritual beliefs and goals, which are especially salient now that I am in later life, and chose to leave out those kinds of musings in a forum where others may not be interested or have similar or compatible beliefs.
What has come to mind is, I think, a blend of all of these. What I want to share as my dream is to continue to grow and to evolve into the person whom I was created to be so that in all my interactions with others, from loved ones to total strangers, I might contribute something, large or small, that helps make another’s life better in some way. I hope that this satisfactorily meets the spirit of today’s task.
13 years ago, we had a dream to get a better house.
My wife worked hard, and I did all I could to keep the old house going.
We saved all we could, went without a lot of things.
Finally , 2 years ago, we had saved enough, and were able to buy a better place.
Getting that, and into it, was not without even more struggles.
But now, things are pretty good for us, we’re still not rich, but the roof isn’t leaking, and were warm.
This was our biggest dream, and we got it.
At this point in my life, there is little I want.
I suppose now, my biggest dream is the same as many, covid over and back to semi normalcy.
We really wanted to do family holidays at our house this year (something we couldn’t have done before.)
Maybe by next Thanksgiving… Who knows.
This year, I am going to make the 3 of us a nice Christmas dinner, and we’re going to be as normal and festive as we can manage.
My dreams echo all the thoughts and feelings expressed here so far today. Surely, if we all share these dreams, we can achieve them for our world! Maybe we need to talk about them more, with more people. We hear so much negativity, hostility, and conflict expressed so loudly all the time – maybe our voices need to be raised, wherever we find ourselves, to quietly subdue the anger with our dreams. Of course, we have to do more than talk. In my dream, I see a world where each of us takes a more active role in ensuring that everyone has what they need. If we could become less consumer-driven as a society and spread our resources around more equitably, there would be fewer troubled voices, and a much healthier world. If we can dream it, surely we can achieve it!
On a personal level, I dream that someday I will free the creative potential that is securely locked within me. I know it is there; it just needs freeing.
I love the video to this song!
This isn’t the sort of dream that is likely ever to be illustrated with flowers and butterflies, but I dream of a world in which everyone’s epistemology is based on skepticism (belief in proportion to the available evidence), as opposed to cynicism (refusal to believe despite overwhelming evidence) or faith (belief in the absence of evidence).
Why is this so important? To quote Matt Dillahunty (a sort of blue-collar Sam Harris), “I want to believe as many true things as possible and as few false things as possible, because my beliefs inform my actions, and if my beliefs are faulty then I’m more likely to cause harm to myself or others.”
So if everyone would employ the scientific method in their own lives to determine what is likely to be true, we could eliminate a lot of unnecessary suffering due to poor decisions that result from unreliable methodologies for processing information.
This is an excellent life philosophy David. If there were more teachers like you, the US would be a much healthier and enlightened country. Thanks for sharing.
Only 4 dreams really, but not likely unless the pandemic changes course a lot. See the heal of the social/political divide in the US, there is one vintage airplane that I want to ride in one day, and I want to see MLT live. I know that sounds like Im “sucking up” here, but honestly, those are my 3 dreams. 4, If I truly had the power, I would make everyone’s good wishes come true. Merry Christmas to all…….
Beautiful song.
Eliminating the suffering in the world would be my number one dream. Beyond that, I just wish more people would regain a sense of sanity, and use that sanity to care more for each other, even if we disagree. Like Sam Harris said, “No society in human history ever suffered because its people became too reasonable.”
Dreams….. the poignancy of them… well, I’m going to echo my sentiments on what others have said here and then share my own personal dream catchers goals …
First off, I’m in agreement and hopeful because I truly believe it can occur if people want it to be, to have this world, come closer and even have the unthinkable finally occur, The World United In Love, Peace, Respect For/Towards All , no matter the ethnicity, disability, financial background, etc. To inspire to become as how a perfect song is, with all the right elements that are meant to align to create what will touch people, to all work together to be in tune and harmony…
As for politics, etc, without being specific, to one day have guidance/leadership wherever in the world that will be and do of good, not for themselves but for of the humanity and well being for all
To accept people as they are, not to judge them because they are “different”( racial, religion, disability, etc)
Learning to see how Positivity and Kindness are powerful healing and inspiration tools in which when practiced, from the heart, on a regular basis, truly does result in being more beneficial than one could ever imagine…
In general, all aspects of the world needs fine tuning, and though it takes the effort and choice to want to do something, to put forth into action, no hatter how small or big, the idea to just do one’s part that they feel will make a positive difference is the right direction and attitude to make it worthwhile and persevere…
And of course to hopefully diminish or even better, eradicate this Covid Hell so we all can return to living life , though not as we once knew it to be , but at least, not in constant fear/paranoia, anxiety, grief,etc, that it has caused for all…
I too, have seen loved ones, famous people that I am a fan of , appear in my dreams, for whatever their purpose is.
As for personal dreams, I have lifelong ones, the best one is and it will be occurring, to publish a book of poetry …I know I have this creative gift I was blessed with, I’ve had teachers, family, friends, even a famous TV writer ( Earl Hamner Jr- Waltons TV show , Twilight Zone, Falcon Crest, etc- I had written a poem on a Waltons forum one time and he commented, we got corresponding a few times, even before he had passed in his 90s) keep telling me, I should publish my poetry, and now , I feel, is the right time to follow upon and perservere to make that a reality …
To continue to be the best I can be, to put a smile on someone’s face, smile in their tummy with my baking, with my poetry, artwork, to continue in doing my part to help make our world that more pleasant…
All our RainbowSpiritSoulHearts, collectively, is a Power that is unlike any other…
I know that you can achieve your poetry dream, Jacki! Don’t ever give that one away!
Thankyou Jeannette, you have that right !
My dream is for us all to be able to get together again and hug and shake hands and kiss without worry, masks or social distancing.
Well last Christmas who would have, in their wildest imaginations, have forecast the following year, 2020. I still feel, sometimes, that I am living in a very weird dream. I would love us all to wake up, be less selfish and more understanding of each other and this beautiful world that we inhabit. It should not be taken for granted. We seem to think that we are all powerful but nature, in all it’s forms, good or bad, is older and a lot more powerful than we will ever be. We are just visitors for a short time and should respect our presence here accordingly. If this virus can achieve one good thing I hope it will be that we can learn from it and respect each other and our world. Merry Christmas to one and all and stay safe. X
I have never seen America as divided as it is now. I remember the situation in the sixties but this seems so much worse. The tolerance level seems at an all time low. So my dream not only for America but through out this world is revival. A revival of Love. I’m talking a Great Big God Created Heart Changing Evil Breaking Love. And I realize that it has to begin within my own heart. My own thoughts. My own attitudes. My own prejudices. We have been singing “All You Need Is Love” for over fifty years now. The message still holds true. And I truly believe that this is a dream that has every intention of coming true. Love is here, just waiting to be found. May we search a little harder this coming year.
Peace, love and an effective Covid-19 vaccination for the whole world. And with that wish, convincing efforts to stop the global warming. My home town street shouldn’t look like this in late December.
The biggest dream for me would be a world in which all politicians, leaders and governments could use their positions in a more open and honest way. Many of these structures have been self-serving in the past and that has led to many of the world’s problems such as wars, lack of real health benefits for those the poorest, famines, social injustices, etc.
My dream would be for these leaders that WE put into power, would fully recognise that they must put the heart before ego and really start to work for us all and the good of mankind….not themselves! Once they do, (I know it is an almost impossible ask in current times ‘run by maniacs, by maniac means….’ and hence my dream) we will see massive improvements in our world and even , possibly, a return to normality based upon love and harmony, justice for all.
Absolutely, Nigel! It’s been several elections since I’ve had a viable choice for president I actually wanted to vote for. Seems like I always find myself voting against the one I definitely don’t want to lead our country.
I’ve commented about wanting to cure my parents’ maladies in previous posts, as well as reaching an end to this whole covid situation, thus being able to take my folks to basketball, volleyball and softball games again. Also, back to the restaurant and other social functions that would greatly improve all our emotional and psychological states. At the risk of being redundant, I can’t think of anything more poignant to wish for concerning my family.
We’ve been blessed not to have lost any close family to this virus, but know some who have, so I would also wish for an end to, or at least comfort getting through, the grief others are experiencing.
For now, though, I’ll wish for something perhaps more attainable: for us all to allow the true meaning of this season to bring us joy, optimism and hope. God bless us, every one!
At my age it is surprising how often people who are no longer with us – parents, for example – pop up in dreams.
I can also think of a number of people who died younger than me, taken from us all too soon, and I would love to have been able to extend their lives – some famous, like John Lennon or Buddy Holly, others not famous at all, like a young radiologist in Melbourne who always said she would not see forty, and sadly she was correct about that.