TWENTYSOMETHING by Ishi Dinim

What is it that you want or wish for? I’m sure I’m not too different than most; I have a huge list of desires. They start with what I want for me and then for my family and friends. They ripple out to my neighbourhood and community, expanding to the city, country, society and the whole world. But I can easily bounce from wanting world peace to wanting an ice cream.
Do you know and acknowledge all of your dreams; can you share them with others? Some dreams are achievable and others are not. Sometimes it is difficult to discern the difference.
More often than not, we won’t know if our dreams are achievable; it’s in trying to manifest and make them tangible that we discover possibilities.
Each one of us has individual desires and also dreams for the greater whole. What is it that people want most: health, success, love? Sometimes in chasing an individual dream we forget about our dreams for the whole. Can I dream of a healthy environment and still want a car? I can strive to save the environment, but I still need to drive to work every day. The same can happen if you give all of yourself to an external cause and forget to care for yourself or your relationships.
We can pursue both at the same time. Martin Luther King still had a family and his own personal motivations, while chasing the larger dream of civil rights and equality. He became the face of the collective dream shared by many. Some dreams are individual, but others, the ones others share, can become the spark for a movement of change. Some dreams can only be realized by one individual. They are very specific, like a dream held by the inventor of a unique creation. Others can be as common as breathing air.
Not everyone needs to have a dream like Martin Luther King. Not everyone wants a new SUV. One person’s dream of justice and equality or four wheel mastery will be another person’s nightmare. I look forward to sharing my own dreams with the world some day and I hope you’ll share yours with me.

Quotes:

Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. – Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. – Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin

When one of your dreams comes true, you begin to look at the others more carefully. – Anon

The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn. – James Allen, author of As a Man Thinketh

Ishi graduated from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2001, with a BFA major in photography. He makes films, collects cacti and ponders many things. Currently, he is trying to figure out what to do with the rest his life. contactishi@yahoo.ca