The Dreamer

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Once upon a time there was a little girl . . . who had a dream. It wasn't to be a princess. It wasn't to be rich. It wasn't even to be beautiful.

But it was a dream . . . her dream . . . none the less.

She was a raised in a house full of realists, not dreamers, and she quickly realized how hard it was to be a dreamer in a non-dreamer world. As the years went on, her dream fell further and further down the dream ladder as more realistic dreams suddenly made way to the top.

Those realistic dreams came true . . . every last one of them. And the girl was happy.

Very happy.

Then one day, someone reminded her of the little dream she had, so many years ago.

And they told her . . . she could do it. And they believed.

That's all it took. Was for one person, to believe.

And while it may not be a big deal to the realists in her life, the dreamer . . . was flying high.

Flourish, my friends. Flourish.

And flourish, we shall!

Are you a dreamer? Or a realist? Leave me a message in the comments and tell me. I would LOVE to know!

Comments

  1. Yenta MaryJanuary 23, 2013 at 4:43 PM

    Oh, Leanne, so much of this sounds like my childhood - my parents are so serious, such realists, so fearful ... sigh. It's taken decades to find my inner dreamer, to let her out in all her pink and sparkled glory! So I'm silly and giddy - doesn't the world need that just as much as it needs practicality??? You and I danced through the Art Institute, we laughed, we cried, we jumped up and down, and we will flourish TOGETHER ... :)

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  2. scrapwordsmomJanuary 23, 2013 at 6:13 PM

    DREAMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. StasaLynnJanuary 23, 2013 at 9:52 PM

    I am a dreamer NOW.... It is so much fun......

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  4. J.A. MartinJanuary 23, 2013 at 10:51 PM

    I'm definitley a dreamer!

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  5. LauraJanuary 25, 2013 at 7:32 PM

    I love what Yenta Mary said... and.. I have so many things that I would like to say... but all I will say is... let your wings sore... and floursih..

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  6. NatJanuary 26, 2013 at 8:35 AM

    I'm a dreamer.... but I sometimes need to be a realist to pay the bills :-) I reckon you are a dreamer at heart still Leanne...

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  7. UnknownJanuary 27, 2013 at 2:48 AM

    I am totally a dreamer. And most of my dreams do come true, even if it's not the way I imagined it would.

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