Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Not all dreams are sweet

She saw the future in her dreams. When she was six she dreamed of her high school graduation and when she was nine she dreamed of her college days and what she would study. The day she turned twelve she dreamed of her future career and at sixteen she dreamed of her wedding day and saw the man she would marry. Her dreams continued to show the future, so she made no plans and let her dreams carry her along. She graduated from High School, went to college and got a job just like her dreams foretold. All her dreams had come true so far and so she waited for the rest, waited for the man, the wedding the children and the life she dreamed of and while she waited she failed to take notice that her life was passing her by. She awoke upon the morning of the day she had dreamed would be her wedding day with no groom and no dress and no wedding. She had let the dreams rule her life and as some times happens not all dreams come true. She made a decision that day, the decision to no longer rely on her dreams to build her life. She would make the decisions, screw those stupid dreams, she hated her job, regretted her career path and college major and that guy she had dreamed of was no prince charming and so as the rest of her life unfolded she no longer dreamed about life but lived it.

6 comments:

Tumblewords: said...

Well. Yes. And. There. This is a nifty little tale/reminder/warning and more... Nice work!

Missy said...

That's the good thing about life we can change our course to better suit our hopes. Great take on the prompt

Old Grizz said...

wow what a bummer. a wasted life and all because of dreams. A very well written story. a dose of reality should have come sooner. dreams are nice but should not rule your life

Dee Martin said...

sad she didn't have this awakening earlier!

Tess said...

Sensational. The point is the miracle of waking up ... not the tragedy of dreaming ... beautifully done.

Great Expectations said...

I love this post. It's so true, we focus on the future so much sometimes we forget the present.
-Charlotte