The importance of dreaming

The ability to dream is a gift. 

Every night we all have a chance to experience the fantastic, bizarre and unreal from a first person perspective. Sometimes these dreams can reveal more to us than we would have probably liked, other times they can inspire us to do great things.

Here are a few examples of famous dreams:

 

• Paul McCartney dreamed the melody to the Beatles hit “Yesterday”.

• Google co-founder Larry Page dreamed about “downloading the entire web onto computers” at the age of 23. When he awoke he got to work straight away on concepts and ideas.

• Author, Mary Shelley, dreamt of the concept for her novel, Frankenstein.

• Whilst broke and very sick, director James Cameron dreamt about being chased by a metallic being with glowing red eyes. This dream led him to write and direct The Terminator. He also dreamt about the concept for his most successful film yet, Avatar.

We are also capable of dreaming during our waking hours, and it could be said that these dreams are just as, if not more, powerful than their nocturnal counterparts.

From these dreams humankind has been able to achieve feats which verge upon the borders of possibility. We have flown, we have split the atom, we have explored uncharted lands, we have cured disease, and we have landed on the moon.

However, our dreams need not be to create blockbuster movies, best-selling novels or to be responsible for technological breakthroughs. Some of us may dream to adopt a child, to get a university degree, to save a certain amount of money, or to learn how to scuba-dive!

Whatever the dreams may be, we must all strive to have them. It is crucial. Without dreams and ambitions, there is little purpose to life. Dreams are the gateway through which conceptions are executed – from raw nothingness, something is created.

Whether your dreams are big or small; please continue to dream them, and take action to bring them to life.