To dream or not to dream...

...Is never the question.  I've heard many quotes that refer to dreams, dreaming or the idea of dreams.  what is a dream, how big is too big, what is impossible, and 10 easy steps to dream your way to a fortune.  Everyone has tried to define a dream.  Dreams have also been commonly seen in a negative light, some "realists" or "reality-ists" say that dreamers only dream because they could never accomplish anything on Earth.  The "dreamer" lives in a fantasy world of ideas and of endless possibilities and opportunity, but never doing anything good for the Earth.  The Earth that is here, the one that is tangible, and the one that thus said "dreamer" is actually living and functioning in.  Have you ever experienced the "reality-ist" person?  "Well, unicorns and witchcraft is all fine and dandy but what about the real life and the needs of day-to-day living?" they will ask the dreamer.  "What have you done lately to improve society?" they will also say.  The dreamer will be exiled, ostracized, and made a pariah of society if he simply lives within an ideal world in his mind.  On the inverse, how does a "reality-ist" really help the Earth any more?  They simply make sure the world continues to function in such a way that nothing new could ever be done because why fix what works. And yes the world continues to turn, but in such a way that the "reality-ist" is mindlessly caught in the depths of detail that all sign of vision is lost and they become helplessly enslaved to the  impossibility of a world functioning and looking as it always has.  The dreamers lack progress because they have no follow through on reality, and the reality-ist lacks progress because they have no dreams to direct them.  The question is how does an earth full of people dream?  But not just dream, but also see those dreams come into fruition?  There are few people in the history of man whom dreamed of a world better than this one, AND did something in the world today that brought that change to the world.  These are the people who you read about in your history books, the tales of old, and in your Bible.  These are the people that are remembered for what they have done.  These are the people who decided to create the new future and in the same breath made history.  From Martin Luther Jr.'s famous I have a dream speech, to Martin Luther's nailing of the 95 thesis in opposition to the misuse and interpretation of the Bible.  The men who dared to challenge the "reality-ists" for a new way of life are the ones whom are remembered.  One man reformed the Christian faith, and the other man reformed our faith in each other as human beings.  From Moses who dreamed of a promised  land for God's people while they were enslaved in Egypt, to Mother Teresa who believed that every human being is of value despite health, age, or wealth they possess.  The dreams we dream are useless if we do not take any action to fulfill them, in the same breath no dream worth chasing is one that you can attain on your own.  The world is not changed  by small thoughts, but the big "I have a dream" dreams are dreams that are worth dreaming.  So where do we find inspiration for dreams so large that they are unattainable, but worth chasing because others will see the benefit of a better life?  I say call upon God and ask Him for His dreams and His vision for the Earth, and chase what dream He places in your heart.  For God's dreams are always bigger than what we can achieve on our own, and His dreams fulfilled are the ones that change not only history, but every person, every soul for eternity.