Any Given Someday

Watch this clip before proceeding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk

I find myself acting out scenes like this in my head, as I walk the streets and sit alone at the quant coffee shops. I've been lucky enough to travel to many cities in the world, but honestly I'd be fine even if I never left Cape Town again. I say this because, before I had even left the safety of my own home town (Umtentweni, KZN South Coast), my mind had taken me to all kinds of situations and places. I had won the rugby world cup, acted alongside Julia Roberts, won 6 grammys in one night and given more 'Al Pacino' speeches then I could remember to count. I have always loved to dream, it fuels the flames of hope.

I also have a particular place in my head that, I think, represents the pinnacle of my life. I have a feeling that I'll be fully aware of the moment I reach that place. I'll be in my holiday home somewhere near Hang Clip on the Cape coast. I'll have just showered ofter having taken a run with my future children and will be reclined on the couch. The smell of wholesome food will blanket the room in a soft and comfortable manner. The fine mix of wine and endorphins course through my veins and my family talk freely in the kitchen and their laughter pleases me deeply. I'll know in that moment things couldn't be better, not even if Shakespeare wrote the script himself.

Now I know that sounds like the cover of some lifestyle magazine, but it's how I see my future. Everything I do now, I do for that moment. My decisions are motivated by that thought and a part of me feels it as though it's matter of fact.

So far none of my hopes and desires have planned out quiet like I imagined, but they were hopes and hopes are vague. Vague hopes, lead to vague outcomes. This dream is more like a prophecy that must be realised. Every day I'll fight for the inches that'll pave the road to it.

Surely you also have a 'someday' dream and surely you haven't let go of them yet? They must be protected like children and not left alone in a busy city centre, cause they will get lost and you'll loose hope.

We must encourage each others dreams, because any given 'someday' one of us is going to taste their success. It'll rise like a cobra out of all our hard work and strike quicker than we can imagine. I believe it, do you?

Don't fear to dream bigger than you can imagine right now and don't listen to the people that are fearful themselves. They'll only bring you down. Rather share the place you dream of with someone who'll understand. Like me.

Rory

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