Beyond Reality

Wouldn’t it be good to wake up one morning and realize that the life you once thought was impossible had somehow become your reality?

Maybe you dream about living somewhere beautiful, traveling the world, having financial freedom, or simply having more time to enjoy the people you love. Perhaps your dream is so surreal that you almost feel embarrassed to talk about it.

So you keep it to yourself.

Of course, dreaming doesn’t magically make things happen. You can’t sit back with a stiff drink, boast about your ambitions, and expect life to change effortlessly.

But dreams give us something reality sometimes takes away: possibility.

Before you can change your life, you often need to be able to imagine a different one.

That is where dreaming becomes powerful.

A ridiculously ambitious dream may never happen exactly as you imagined it. But it can make you think differently, take a risk, learn something new, or walk through a door you would otherwise have ignored.

So take a deep breath.

Close your eyes.

Smile.

And allow yourself to dream a little beyond reality.

You never know where a ridiculous dream might take you.

Vocabulary Focus

Boast — to talk proudly about something you have or have achieved.

Surreal — strange or dreamlike, almost too unusual to feel real.

Effortlessly — without appearing to make any effort.

Ridiculously — to an extreme or almost unreasonable degree.

Stiff drink — a strong alcoholic drink.

Possibility — something that could happen or become true.

Discussion

1. What would your dream lifestyle look like?

2. Do you think dreaming big is useful, even when the dream seems unrealistic?

3. What would you do if money were not a limitation?

4. Is there a difference between having a dream and having a goal?

5. What is one surreal dream you would love to experience?

Take care!

Prof. Carl Boniface