dreams

I am mulling over what I heard a writer named Amos Oz talk about in an interview on Fresh Air. He spoke eloquently about growing up in Palestine in the 1940's and 1950's. He talked about the dreams that Jews living in Palestine had for the Jewish state that they longed for. They believed the society they would create would be more just, more compassionate, more democratic, more socialist, more tolerant, more everything beautiful than any other society on earth. He said the worst disappointment was seeing their collective dreams dashed. He suggested that the best thing in life was simply to dream, but to never try and live the dream out. It was a sad thought to me, that the best fantasies and dreams of life can only be ruined by trying to live them out. I have some great dreams. I am compelled to live out some of them at the very least. I would rather be disappointed by the gritty truth of reality than to always wonder.