Dreams

I was talking with a friend yesterday about dreams. The kind of visionary dreams you have for your life. Like I want to be an astronaut, or I want to travel through Europe, or I want to learn to play cribbage. Dreams that you actually have control over. It's the prioritizing of such dreams that is the key. To say that this is a dream I had today, and in a month if it's still near and dear to my heart, then I will continue to pursue it. How does it rank up against other dreams. Is it more important? Even nearer and dearer to my heart? If the answer is that it's not so important anymore, then it either gets put on the back burner, or it gets let go of. So I'm going to make a list of my dreams. I'm a list maker. I make lists all over the place. Shopping lists. To do lists. Lists of books to read. Lists of people to call. Lists of reasons to do or not to do certain things. And now I shall have a list of dreams. I don't want to be an astronaut, and I don't necessarily need to travel through europe, and learning to play cribbage well is very low on my list. Other things like finishing reading all the books I've started but haven't finished. That will go on my list. Learning to play the drums so well and be so comfortable with it that I will play in front of people other than my teacher...that's pretty high on my list. Other things I know I would like to be on my list, but aren't necessarily things I have control over or that I can be effective at. Things that effect other people. I have dreams for the people around me...things I know they can do based on the potential I see in them. Dreams that this or that person would know God better. But my list...it probably won't be very long. Do you have a list of dreams? Even if it's just in your head?