SOME THOUGHTS
ABOUT DREAMS
A
dream is defined as a series of images, events and feelings that happen in our
minds while we are asleep.
It
is also defined as a wish to have or be something , especially one that is
difficult to achieve.
Some
synonyms of dreams are : fantasies, reveries, fancies, hallucinations, and
visions. Their antonyms are : facts, certainties, realities, realizations, substances, and verities.
The
American Unitarian divine Frederick Henry Hedge (1805-1890 ) said: Dreaming is
an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which, if it
were available in waking, would make
every man a Dante (an Italian poet 1265-1321 ) or a Shakespeare (English poet-playwright
1564-1616).
The
English dissenting clergy William Benton (1802-1882) said : Nothing so much
convinces me of the boundlessness of he human mind as its operations in
dreaming.
Shakespeare
rightly exclaims: Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls!
The
American poet Louise Driscoll (1875-1957) is who is also famous for her poem Hold Fast Your Dreams “ emphasizes emotional preservation through
idealism, advocating for a private inner space where dreams remain insulated
from external harshness.” She regards dreaming not as escapism but as
necessary resistance against societal and existential decay.”
Dreams can be turned into inspirational
thoughts carrying positive hopes and
desires.
Persons
without dreams , at any time of their life, are not fully alive and dynamic.
Louise
Driscoll’s wisely advises in her poem Hold Fast Your Dreams:
Hold
fast your dreams!
Within
your heart
Keep
one still, secret spot
Where
dreams may go,
And,
sheltered so,
May
thrive and grow
Where
doubt and fear are not.
O
keep a place apart,
Within
your heart,
For
little dreams to go!
To conclude, here is a famous quote by
the American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892):
“Keep
your face always toward the sunshine ----and shadows will fall behind you.”
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G.R.Kanwal
21 May 2026
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