The War Between Dreams & Reality.
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Should I dream or accept reality?
This is a question we all have faced. An unavoidable moment that defines our lives at some point.
Dreaming is easy as a kid. We skip through the ether, fantasizing about all the impossible possibilities of life. Daydreams are the wonderful companion never too busy to play with us, and nighttime dreams are so powerful, even our imagination finds new ways in which to surprise itself.
As kids, we don’t separate reality and dreams, but experience them as one and the same. But then we get older, and at some point we allow others’ doubts to cause us to separate the two.
Reality becomes the older companion which tells us that we need to move on from dreams and wake up.
The dreams tell us to focus on them and block out the voice of reality, and listen instead to its whispers of all the amazing possible-impossibilities we can still experience. But reality’s voice is hypnotic, and a powerful distraction from the fantasy created by our dreams.
Reality’s voice drones in our ears, shaking us into consciousness and making us forget what we were dreaming about in the first place.
Our dreams are left with no choice but to become freedom fighters against reality and its rules of conformity.
Our dreams stand atop podiums, shaking their fists as they give speeches to try and remind us of the things we allowed ourselves to forget from our childhood. They urge and implore us to find the courage to outcast ourselves and follow them once again.
Reality fights back using fear-mongering, planting seeds of doubt towards the freedom fighting dreams. They label them as deviant and unruly, childish and impractical, and entice us with the wonderful distraction that is the pursuit of happiness through money and material gain.
But distraction is really a drug that reality drips slowly into our veins until we don’t even realize that we’ve become addicted and always wanting more. The more of the drug we accept, the more it clouds our minds and senses, drowning out the visions of the dreams we once had, and beating any rebellious voices back into subconsciousness.
Those obsessed with dreaming shy away from the drug of distraction.
To them it smells of monotony and tastes of regret. They refuse to take it and stay awake, but instead madly attempt to slumber.
Those who stay in reality see the dreamers as fanatics, only fighting to destroy the security and certainty of a realistic life. To them there is only the cold, hard truth of reality, and dreaming is for kids.
Life was so much easier as kids. There was no war, no doubt, no conflict, no friction between dreams and reality.
The doubt people make us feel scares us into wondering whether we’re courageous enough to continue to live our dreams in reality.
But the choice has always been ours, and there is nothing truly stopping us from just letting go of any doubt and allowing ourselves to sink so deep into the reality of our dreams that we travel through life like a conscious sleepwalker.
Only a fool dreams with the desire to sleep forever, but the wise man brings his dreams into reality and therefore makes reality his dream.
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Emanuel Adelekun is a writer and a filmmaker, as well as a hip-hop-culture-loving warrior-b-boy. Always honest, he talks too much, always has an opinion, and tends to push people, but that’s okay with him because he has accepted that he’s a wild, fiery spirit who believes in true self-expression. He follows the path of always striving to develop, improve and better understand the frequency on which his soul vibes, making this his way of life. In the end, he believes in keeping it simple: stay open, live to explore, experience, and enjoy the moment. Cherish your mistakes, always be a student, don’t take shit from anyone, and treat others how you would like them to treat you. Through his words, Emanuel hopes to make connections with other similar souls, and maybe open people to something more inside themselves. You could contact Emanuel via his website, Instagram or Facebook.
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