Possibility of Dreams Coming True

I'm reading a couple of books these days, including re-reading The Alchemist. It's such a simple book, but elegantly full of great truths. If you haven't read it, or read it lately, may I recommend that you pick it up?

I've been dreaming a lot lately, and wondering if those dreams are possible. This section from the Paul Coelho's book stood out today.

The world was huge and inexhaustible; he had only to allow his sheep to set the route for a while, and he would discover other interesting things. The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking a new road every day. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasons change. All they think about is food and water. Maybe we're all that way, the boy mused...It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting, he thought...

I don't want to be like the sheep, merely concerned about eating and drinking (and all the other little mundane things of life that can consume us). It's so easy to think only about those things. But what I really want is to contemplate the possibilities of those dreams, and work to bring them to into the present.

So my encouragement for myself today is this: notice that the fields are new...notice that the seasons are changing...and realize that every day presents a new road to walk.

Enjoy your walk.