Day dreams, or life dreams?

"A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some of us are gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of the can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish."
-W. H. Auden

I was just wondering - where does the day dream stop, and where does the life dream start?

You know; you probably often day dream yourself. Where you're going with your job, what you'd do if you had the time/money/connections/whatever. Children certainly day dream all the time; it's part of imagining what you'd be when you grow up. I certainly still day dream; I would like to think most people still do (just not in traffic).

I currently have two Life Dreams that I'd like to see accomplished, and a third that I fear will never be fulfilled.

The first one has more to do with my crafts and suchlike. I would love to be able to support myself with my crafts; I wouldn't have to answer to anybody as a boss, except maybe a business partner. It would be even better if I was able to support myself with my crafts while being able to have a nice house on a bit of land (about an acre) somewhere in a country-ish location (because then I'd be able to breath), but I digress. To be able to work on my own crafting projects, or a project for someone's commission, that would be wonderful.

But there and again, I also want to make a difference in the world, and to that end, I still want to be a math teacher. My main regret on this dream is that it's taken me so fricking long to actually act on it. I still don't really know what I'm doing as far as that goes, so hopefully Ill be able to make a few calls tomorrow and find out what I'm doing. I feel that I should be able to make a difference by helping the young people growing up in the world today realize that math is important, even if it doesn't look like they'll be using it right away. The down side of this is, given all the budget cuts and that there are a lot of teachers who are now finding themselves out of work, it doesn't look like I'll have much of a chance to act upon it. This doesn't mean I won't try, though.

The dying dream has more to do with my love life than anything else. I mean, when I was a kid, I figured by now I would be happily married, maybe with my own kids. I certainly didn't see me being single with only ever having had one boyfriend. Also, I didn't figure on this little fact causing me to put up with what I consider a great annoyance in my life, but that's a rant for another blog. The downer is, this whole I-have-no-love-life-and-no-prospects thing is starting to make me bitter, depressed, and very mopey most evenings, and it's not a state of mind that I like to be in. The "great annoyance" that I mentioned is my sister-in-law, but as I stated a bit a ago, that's a rant for another blog.

I still think dreams are important to people. Loose the ability to dream, and I feel you loose a good chunk of your imagination. Loose a good chunk of your imagination, and all you've got left is reality. :/

(And reality can really suck! ;P )