“What happens to a dream deferred?”
“Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”
-Langston Hughes-

I think in these lines the poet Langston Hughes wondered what happens to dreams that do not come true. I have often wondered what happens to the dreamer. How do people cope with the realization that important dimensions of their lives will not turn out as they had hoped they would.

Many of us look at the world and see two groups of people winners and losers. In reality life is more complicated than that. Nobody gets everything he or she yearns for. In my case it would be children. I never had them. I look at the world now and see three sorts of people. Those that dream boldly even as they realize that a lot of their dreams will not come true. Those that dream more modestly and fear that even their modest dreams may not be realized, and those that do not dream at all. I wish more people would dream no matter how great or small. To dream in a world with so much heartache may give us some resilience to our disappointments.

Peace and love…