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Having a dream is awesome. Here are a few quotes about the importance of dreaming;

“Nothing happens unless first a dream.” -Carl Sandburg

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” -Napoleon Hill

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream, proceeds the goal." -Pamela Vaull Star

“Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.” -Wim Winders

“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born." -Dale Turner

According to a recent article in Medical News Today, there are several theories about why we dream. Possible explanations of dreams include:

·        representing unconscious desires and wishes

·        interpreting random signals from the brain and body during sleep

·        consolidating and processing information gathered during the day

·        working as a form of psychotherapy

·        From the evidence and new research methodologies, researchers have speculated that dreaming serves the following functions:

o   offline memory reprocessing, in which the brain consolidates learning and memory tasks and supports and records waking consciousness

o   preparing for possible future threats

o   cognitive simulation of real-life experiences, as dreaming is a subsystem of the waking default network, the part of the mind active during daydreaming

o   helping develop cognitive capabilities

o   reflecting unconscious mental function in a psychoanalytic way

·       a unique state of consciousness that incorporates the experience of the present, processing of the past, and preparation for the future

·        a psychological space where overwhelming, contradictory, or highly complex notions can be brought together by the dreaming ego, notions that would be unsettling while awake, serving the need for psychological balance and equilibrium

Much that remains unknown about dreams. They are by nature difficult to study, but technology and new research techniques may help improve our understanding of dreams.

No matter why we dream, having a dream and showing up every day, even when nothing seems to be happening, is priceless.

But having a dream and showing up every day, while sauntering, winking, and hugging everyone, is when the floodgates begin to tremble and, in that process, perhaps dreams do come true.