Makers Magazine - Spring 2024 - Flipbook - Page 19
Do you know this feeling? Have you had a moment like this? Maybe without
a toilet, but I’m guessing you have. What was your dream that died?
MAYBE IT HAD TO DO WITH THE PERSON YOU
MAYBE IT WAS TO
fell IN LOVE WITH.
enjoy THE SHAPE AND FORM OF YOUR BODY.
MAYBE IT WAS TO turn YOUR PASSION INTO A CAREER.
MAYBE IT WAS TO maintain A HOPEFUL OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
MAYBE IT WAS THE dream OF THE FAMILY YOU HOPED TO CREATE.
MAYBE IT WAS THAT THING YOU’VE BEEN working ON FOR YEARS.
MAYBE IT WAS THE commas IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
MAYBE IT WAS TO HAVE A more VIBRANT FAITH.
MAYBE IT WAS TO believe MORE STRONGLY IN JOY.
Whatever your experience, I want you to know you’re normal and you can find solidarity here. What a whirlwind life has been of late, and many factors we have no control
over have affected and irrevocably changed our lives. But global circumstances aside,
we all experience a death of some dream in our lives, because a dream is usually formed
by seeing something in someone else and not being able to accomplish that.
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