When there’s more past behind you than future, do you sometimes wonder about what might have been had you followed those unfulfilled dreams? Most were unrealistic, but how might your life have changed if you had taken a different path? Would you have been successful? Would your name have been up in lights?
Oh, I dreamed about becoming a ballerina, but I never could have made that wish come to fruition, because I had no money for dance lessons and besides, I wasn’t light on my feet. But, I dreamed on, picturing myself in a tutu, dancing on a stage, possibly with Baryshnikov. Well, I can dream, can’t I? Additionally, I longed to be a virtuoso violinist. Another impossible hopeless dream. Again, no money for lessons and I needed to go to work to earn money to bring into the house, so there was no time to fiddle around.
What were your dreams, the ones that you think about on a rainy day, the ones that never came true. Did you really want to be a baseball player? Perhaps you longed to be in the movies and someday win an Academy Award. What did you settle for? Was it a college degree, or a job with a decent salary you could count on, or was it marriage and having a family of your own?
Has your choice brought you happiness? If it did, you made the right one. Still, some of my dreams keep popping up every once in a while, and though so many years have gone by, I still think of them. I wish they would dance away and I could enjoy listening to some Yasha Heifetz records, playing the violin as I only dreamed I could do. Oh well, I made my choices and now it’s wake up time. Still, I tell my grandchildren, “Reach for the stars and follow your dreams.” Judith Levy is the New York Times best-selling author of GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS, which has sold over four million copies. In response to many requests, her newest offering is GREAT-GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS, a perfect gift for the special lady in your family, is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Here comes a new best-seller.
