vision

"Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking." p. 8 Black Elk Speaks

Sometimes it is wiser to sleep than to stay awake too long fretting.  In my childhood we were told that homework not completed by 9 p.m. had to wait until morning.  We were trained to go to bed early and get a good night's rest.  In my sleep the tricky story problem about a train that left Chicago at 7 a.m. traveling west at 30 miles an hour, etc. was likely to have resolved itself; or, my unconscious imagination found its way through the tangle.

Sometimes our individual dreams and aspirations are more inspiring, even more true, than the carefully made plans that purport to take account of every variable as if our lives were merely story problems to be solved.  The dream can sustain us through unexpected obstacles and lead us to surprising places.  Having set out to be a librarian, one might end up as a baker.

Sometimes our national dreams are more authentic and honorable than the way we spend our waking hours protecting small treasures or being anxious over illusionary threats.