Sleeping on an impossible dream

Everybody at some point in time decides that a dream, an ideal, an ambition is beyond their reach. This dream is then classified as impossible and relegated to the realms of pure fantasy and memory. Yet, why should this ever happen? Impossible some things may be, but that is hardly a reason to not give that assumption a chance to be tested. A cliche, I acknowledge, but embarrassment is fleeting, regret is not.

Life only happens once, and chances, opportunities are only available once. Even if a second chance arrives, it will never be quite the same as the first time. Every moment in life is unique, and once it has passed, the moment has passed permanently, existing from that point on only in memory. Memory is a tricky thing, mostly filtering out the inconveniences until they can no longer hurt you. The problem is that some memories, suppress them as you may, last too long, and frequently, the only emotion evoked by the memories that last the longest is that of regret. Well, supposing you count regret as an emotion. Let's not go there.

If life is inherently meaningless and transitory, why then should there be any fear of emotional and psychological repercussions from any action? Everything we do in life should be done according to our beliefs and desires. If you want something, or someone, for that matter, go out and find a way of getting it, or him, or her. Difficulty only adds to the fun. And nothing is impossible, but only, in the immortal words of Captain Jack Sparrow, "not probable." And we all know there are exceptions to every probable situation. How ridiculously silly is the notion that simply because it is not probable that I will succeed, I shall never attempt to obtain my heart's desire. If you encounter a hundred impossible dreams in your lifetime, chase them all, then it is probable that at least one will be a successful hunt, and one is all we need, isn't it?

To all those who sleep on impossible dreams tonight, may your dreams be sweet, and may you have the stubbornness to at least try to make them come true.