Living The Dream

Every morning I have the same conversation with one of my doctors. When he arrives for the day, I ask how he is. He responds by saying, "Living the dream". Then we both say in unison, "Too bad it's not MY dream" and then we laugh. We mean it as a joke, because he has a great wife and three wonderful sons. When you really think about it, who of us is really living our dream? If you have a family, part of your life is devoted to them. Since most of us need to work for a living, part of our life is devoted to work. Daily existence means that part of our life is devoted to routine chores. Where do our dreams fit in to our schedules? Most times they do not, until we are too old to live our dreams to the fullest. Maybe that is what dreaming is all about. Maybe the thought of what we really want out of life sustains us enough to live the life we have.