A dream put everything we do into perspective. Even the tasks that aren't exciting or immediately rewarding take on added value when we know they ultimately contribute to the fulfilment of a dream. Each activity becomes an important piece in that bigger picture.

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It reminds me of the story of a reporter who talked to three construction workers pouring concrete at a building site. "What are you doing?" he asked the first worker. "I'm earning a paycheck," he grumbled.

The reporter asked the same question of a second labourer, who looked over his shoulder and said, "What's it look like I'm doing? I'm pouring concrete."

Then he noticed a third man who was smiling and whistling as he worked. "What are you doing?" he asked the third worker.

He stopped what he was doing and said excitedly, "I'm building a shelter for the homeless." He wiped his hand clean on a rag and then pointed, "Look, over there is where the kitchen will be. And that over there is the women's dormitory. This here.........."

Each man was doing the same job. But only the third was motivated by larger vision. The work he did was fulfilling a dream, and it added value to all his efforts.

• "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour his greatest fulfilment to all he holds dear is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle--victorious."------(Vince lombardi).

A dream provides the perspective that makes that kind of effort possible.

Thanks for reading through, I remain my humble self @drayhazz.