Does Day-dreaming Work?
In January of 2000, I sat in an economics lecture at the University of Nairobi in Kenya with my eyes on the Professor and my mind on a land far away - “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. I vividly remember that day, because later on in the day I opened a free email account with yahoo - for the first-time ever - and sent an email to a leadership internship organization in Texas, the Honor Academy. At that time, I had only five months left to the completion of my course-work and eleven months to my graduation from the Univeristy.
On December 4, 2000, I caught myself day-dreaming again. On that day I was seated among the graduating students of the Class of 2000 at the University of Nairobi. While everyone was shouting excitedly about their new status, my mind was in a land far away, far across the seas and oceans - “the land of the free and the home of the brave”.
On both occassions I was fully in the moment. I paid attention to my Professor and I enjoyed the commencement speech and my graduation. However, on both occassions, I had a healthy discontent and dissatisfaction with my present situation. I fully appreciated where I was in life at those particular times but I also knew that there was the potential for more.
To cut the long story short, I’m now in “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. So, I pose the question back to you: Does daydreaming work?
READ AND DREAM:
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible.
T.E. Lawrence
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
