Funny How Dreams Change...

Today I was searching my heart for where I thought I would be 5 years later...today. This May it will mark me being out of high-school for 5 years, graduated and thrown out into the "real-world". Who would have thought that at 18 years old my "real-world" would consist of going to hair-school 40 hours a week with no "real" job and sporting my parent's mini-van as a primary form of transportation. Okay so maybe I used the term real-world a little loosely there. Regardless I graduated high-school with high hopes of falling in love with the glamorous hair career, building up clientele, and climbing the small business ladder as an entrepreneur eventually owning my own salon. Funny how life changes right? It took me a year later with a barber's license in hand and school loans in taken out in my name to start losing grip on that ambitious dream. Turns out it is hard to build clientele, they don't just pour through the door and as most people can see just by looking around there are plenty stylists on every corner, so what makes you stand out? For me my passion died at the door where my clientele were consistently not rushing in. Then I did what every teenage girl does when she is feeling down and out, I ran. When I say I ran I didn't just run, but flew to another continent to start a new beginning. However I learned you can never out run your problems, they are funny little things in that manner; for they can follow you clear over the ocean. THIS IS WHERE I FORGOT HOW TO DREAM Then about a year later I started to dream again, I enrolled in college and started towards my true passion, teaching. I have 2 years left until I finally begin that portion of my dream, but in 1 month I get to begin another part of my dreams... The dream of marrying my best friend, of finding someone so special that they would teach me to genuinely love unconditionally, to have dreams of a future, a family, and a forever. 5 years ago I would have told you I had no idea where I would be today, but I can tell you 5 years from today I will be married to my best friend with 3 amazing kids and nothing in the world other than that matters. Dreams are important. What are yours?