Contest @mountainjewel : Realizing the Dream

In my excitement, fear and anticipation of the upcoming retirement from my job, I realized that somewhere in the past my dreams had been left along the roadside. Literally. My job requires a lot of driving, delivering heavy packages and it has nearly depleted my sense of what dreams may come.

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Thanks Amazon for forcing my early retirement!

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My life has consisted of empty dreams, bouncing from crazy thoughts of travel and exploration, to learning about different cultures, and how they live on a day to day basis. Even staying home and reading a good book or writing a few posts seems like the luxurious fulfillment of a dream.

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Thinking about some of my dreams and their implications in my life have turned into posts here on steemit. Probably the most surprising accomplishment is that life has been so good to me considering my lack of participation over the past few years. Having once been quite the party queen and self indulgent child, life has given me more years than I probably deserve to straighten myself out.

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Prior to joining steemit, I had been accused of not dreaming big enough. Limiting myself by confining my world has become all too familiar to me. In June of 2017 things began to finally turn around, some of my unfulfilled ideas are beginning to take shape. I even took clay pottery classes.

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We built and moved into our “small (too big to be technically tiny) home”, and just last year it began with a desire to raise chickens. We acquired a chicken coup I found on Craig’s list. It was custom built so a friend and I drove out to pick it up. I clenched my fingernails into the door handle as we zig-zagged along the back roads pulling the coop in a rickety old trailer.

Finally, after getting the coop in the right location, we walked in and out of it, discovering all of the nooks and crannies the chickens would have fun discovering. That weekend the chickens came, 8 girls all in different breeds and colors. Then two more, then four chicks. We took to each other right away and dreams began to come true.

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Next we bought an old Chevy van from an estate that once belonged to a friend of mine. We got her cleaned up and have taken a few day trips in her to the coast. You may laugh, but we call her “Vanessa.” Our hope is that she take us out west later this fall. We dream of tootling around eating our picnic lunch of sammiches and other delicacies hidden in the cooler. Vanessa even has a bed and plenty of room to kick back and write a post. Photography is a must do as well.

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I have a dream of running a little “AirBnB” where people could visit and pay with Steem dollars or Steem. It is a project that’s been in the works since last February. Following the build of our “really small home”, I’ve found my creativity is at a low ebb and it has taken me longer to put everything together. My sincere hope is to keep in touch and meet new people.

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The coastlines here still have sea shells that wash up on them, pretty shells that I have never seen before. Then there is my favorite place of all times Taos, New Mexico. A place where you can breathe in the solitude, appreciating the Native Americans who came before and still live lives full of humility. A strong spiritual existence can be felt as one gazes over the high desert.

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There is so much more to life when I dare to dream. The Blue Ridge Parkway, the Ozarks and even Alaska. Whatever I venture to dream it just wouldn’t be the same without my partner in life~my beloved~to accompany me in this life adventure. This is what dreams are made of. 🐓🐓

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