WHAT ARE DREAMS MADE OF MIG?
DREAM BIG! DREAM A LOT! DREAM AND THEN DREAM SOME MORE!
I LOVE TO DREAM, DAYDREAM OR WHATEVER. I LOVE TO THINK OF THE "WHAT IF'S". WHAT IF I TRAVELEd AROUND THE WORLD, What if I set sail and didn't ever come back. Would my family miss me, probably! I would miss my family, my dog, my mom very much. I really love my family. But why oh why do you want to leave? Well, that's a hard one. I guess I have some gypsy blood in me. I like to be on a road, or on the grass, I love to look up at the clouds and wonder things. I like to escape from reality sometimes. I like to be alone too. Sometimes this hurts people's feelings, I'm sorry but it is just something I can't help. I was made this way, I like to ramble and move and see things and eat new food and visit new places and talk to people. People are so darn interesting, everybody has a story.
I do not have an unlimited source of income. I am an artist, sometimes a starving artist, but I try hard and that counts for something. I make life beautiful, I paint life on canvas and paper, I try to see all the good, the beautiful things. I love to paint. It makes me feel alive. Soooo, I set out on an adventure, a real one, to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, Yea, that one! I will paint from it. I will also experience things that the trail is trying to teach me. I am open to that. I love to laugh and to cry to because it cleanses me. I want to be open to new things and to feel the fresh air on my face and the strength in my legs as I climb. Yea, I know it will be hard, I am definitely anticipating that. But it's all okay, I will survive.
So, what are dreams made of these days? Well, I am making boxes, Boxes you say? yes! I am making my re-supply boxes. I get to put junk in there that I think I may want to eat. I also get to put in supplies, gear and a bunch of other cool stuff. The only problem is that I am taking over the living room, the kitchen, and the dining room table. It's not my fault, I need the room. It's also fun!
So I have all of these maps and zip lock baggies that I have to organize into compartments and put into special boxes with dates and names. It is a long process. I have to put my name on the box in just a certain way or it will not get delivered, I have to send it to myself somewhere along the trail and then I have to wait for it to arrive at just the right time so I can open my mouth and shove in the food. Doesn't that sound like fun? Well, it is. I can't think of anything else I would rather be doing except drinking margaritas on a beach in Mexico while it snows here outside. OH well, That's life.
My dream and it is a big one, is to finish the trail by Sept 15th, leaving April 16th Easter. It's a big dream to walk 2,658 miles into Canada. It's a dream to eat tons of chocolate and not get fat. I will consume over 6,000 calories a day in food, doesn't that sound wonderful? I think so! So today your homework is to THINK OF YOUR DREAM! Think big, What do you want to do with your life? Don't waste it!
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