Dream on

Do you have dreams? No, not the ones that happen while you're asleep - the ones that inspire your life. How are these dreams doing? I mean the ones you had as a kid or as a young adult, the ones you have now - dreams that inspire you and give a sense of passion and purpose to your life.
Erma Bombeck once said, "There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say 'Yes, I've got dreams - of course I do!' Then they put the box away, bring it out once in a while to look inside and, yep, they're still in there. These are great dreams, but they never get out of the box."
I saw something yesterday on the BBC website that sparked my imagination in regards to having 'dream boxes'.
I must admit that I haven't really given much thought to all of this for a long time - somehow real life has a habit of taking over and dreams are put in the 'on hold' bay, with the intention of taking them out to look at 'someday' soon!
So deciding to take a peek inside my 'dream' box the other day, all I found there was a pile of tatty memories, outgrown goals and half baked ideas. Goals I wanted to achieve five years ago were now either not relevant or my ideas about what I really want out of life have changed too. Decision time means - time to take an inventory, revamp and refresh!
Have you seen those sites which list - 50 things to do before I die? I suppose the dream box is just another version. The BBC site mentioned some great holiday destination ideas, and sparked some fresh ideas on what I would still like to do! One of them thats going straight into my dream box is 'tree peeping in Fall' - sounding like a naughty voyeurs dream I totally assure you its nothing more than watching trees change into their fall colours in the lovely Massachussets(?) (the spelling gets me everytime!)Coming myself as I do from the Berkshires of England there would be nothing nicer than visitng the Berkshire counterpart of New England USA and seeing the wonderful seasonal changes.
Also into the dream box go...... a course in flamenco dancing in spain, a cooking course in Tuscany, another medditerraenen cruise, art gallery hopping in Cornwall, Amish visiting in Lancaster county USA, The Bridges of Madison County, and ....and ....oops the lid of my dream box won't close! Full to the brim. Better stop dreaming and start living some of those dreams!