The Reawakening

There is a time, when we are young
when we lie out in a meadow, our hands
clasped behind our head, and as we stare up
at the sky, we dream of what our life might
be. The possibilities seem endless, and we
are enchanted at this vision. It beckons us
toward Life, and Joy.

But then, as things work out, and we grow
older, Reality sets in. We decide we have to
settle. Settle for a life that’s less than what
we dreamed. A different life. Maybe an
Okay life. But definitely a lesser life.
and, at times, a boring life.

But sometimes later, in out life, something
awakens within us. Call it yearning. Call it
hope. We com to realize the dream we
dreamed has never died. And we go back
to get it. We decide to resume our search…
for the life we know within our heart that
we were meant to live.

From - What Color Is Your Parachute?: A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers
By Richard Nelson Bolles