All The Dreams You Never Thought You'd Lose

I'm a light sleeper these days, so I don't really dream.

Well, if I do, I don't remember the dreams vividly enough in the morning for them to make any difference.

Is that why I find it so hard to think about having dreams, hopes and plans for my life?

Or have I allowed the same attitude to creep in when I'm conscious as when I'm asleep. A condition that allows dreams to come and go, but never bothers to maintain a tight enough grip on them to follow them through.

Dreaming involves risk. That the dream might not come true. That this dream might get wrecked by someone you loved and trusted. But that could just my personal experience.

It's certainly not that for everybody.

My friends Louise and Chris got married on Saturday. During the speeches we learned that Louise had dreamt the details of bridesmaids and all the other wedding stuff that matters to girls some months before the wedding, and, if I remember, some months before even becoming engaged.

I'm proud to have friends who can show me what it's like to dream.

Friends who show me what it looks like to grasp onto their dreams to make sure that they don't disappear.

Friends who take risks for love.

I gave the new Mr & Mrs Thomas a card that said 'live your dreams' on it.

Somehow, I don't think that is something that they are going to struggle to do together.

Maybe one day I'll learn.