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Taming the Dream
by Dawn Suiter
I used to have these dreams when I was young about being able to soar in the sky like a bird, of course inevitably even in
my dreams I always had to come back down.
Some friends have mentioned over the years that controlling your dreams is a matter of having a waking dream, a concept I never have mastered. Instead, I made my dreams a reality and joined the rest of the enlightened world and learned how to fly! I am a wind tunnel flyer AND a skydiver and I can SOAR now, not in a waking dream but in my life, in my reality.
History shows us that this great mystery of man and his ability to rise above life's challenges and conquer, is simply the
way we are.
Defiance is sometimes mistaken for determination, and above all else as individuals, we are determined. Determined to succeed in my life, I found myself thinking of those who dreamed before me; Aristotle, Da Vinci, Prandtl, the Wright Brothers. These people knew that a dream could be a reality if only there was enough determination, and what they have ALL proved in their passing is that yes, we as human beings CAN realize our dreams no matter how outlandish they seem, and that only a little self determination and empowerment can equal limitless possibilities.
So what is my dream now? Well, I unlike my afore mentioned counterparts am not a great painter, engineer or
aerodynamicist, I am simply me. The me I choose to be, and no one, no matter how hard they try, could ever fill my shoes. I spread my arms wide and embrace the wind, my confidant and
my vice because without it there would be no dream.
Mother Nature is the inventor and I am simply the connoisseur of her great creation. Therefore it is not really a dream but something completely attainable to anyone human with the desire and determination to get it, and achieve it. Like the great bird of prey I manipulate wind gusts and cloud ceilings from time to time, while my aerial view stretches for miles and I consume the beauty, and the passion that belongs only to me in this minute of my life.
Memories last forever, but experiences change your life. I am someone new, as if my rebirth came when I learned how
to stretch my wings and let go. To let go of tangible things, like parachutes and suspension cables, airplanes and drop zones, is to realize that in a wind tunnel, YOU chose your landing area and
come down when you want. In flight the problems of yesterday are gone; absent from your mind. Release from endless boundaries and restrictions used to facilitate cohabitation and goodwill
among men.
Relentless stresses of career, family and personal achievement simply melt away when I stretch out and submit to my dreams. Inner peace comes with brutal self honesty and the satisfaction in knowing that you are the best that you can be.
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