DREAM

AND THE LORD GOD SAID:
I MYSELF WILL DREAM A DREAM WITH IN YOU.
GOOD DREAMS COME FROM ME YOU KNOW.
MY DREAMS SEEM IMPOSSIBLE,
NOT TOO PRACTICAL,
NOT FOR THE CAUTIOUS MAN OR WOMAN.
 A LITTLE RISKY SOMETIMES,
A TRIFLE BRASH PERHAPS.
SOME OF MY FRIENDS PREFER
TO REST MORE COMFORTABLY,
IN SOUNDER SLEEP,
WITH VISIONLESS EYES.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO SHARE MY DREAMS,
I ASK A LITTLE PATIENCE,
A LITTLE HUMOR,
SOME SMALL COURAGE,
AND A LISTENING HEART.
I WILL DO THE REST.
THEN THEY WILL RISK,
AND WONDER AT THEIR DARING;
RUN, AND MARVEL AT THEIR SPEED,
BUILD AND STAND IN AWE
AT THE BEAUTY OF THEIR BUILDING.

YOU WILL MEET ME OFTEN AS YOU WORK:
IN YOUR COMPANIONS, WHO SHARE YOUR RISK,
IN YOUR FRIENDS, WHO BELIEVE IN YOU ENOUGH
TO LEND THEIR OWN DREAMS,
THEIR OWN HANDS,
THEIR OWN HEARTS,
TO YOUR BUILDING;
IN THE PEOPLE WHO WILL FIND YOUR DOORWAY,
STAY AWHILE, AND WALK AWAY
KNOWING THEY, TOO, CAN FIND A DREAM...

THERE WILL BE SUN FILLED DAYS,
AND SOMETIMES IT WILL RAIN.
A LITTLE VARIETY!
BOTH COME FROM ME,
SO COME NOW,
BE CONTENT.
IT IS MY DREAM YOU DREAM:
MY HOUSE YOU BUILD;
MY CARING YOU WITNESS;
MY LOVE YOU SHARE;
AND THIS IS THE HEART OF THE MATTER.  *

* WRITTEN BY SR. CHARITY, R.G.S. OF PHILADELPHIA, 1971

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Lord, the more we dream, the farther our hopes will take us.
 Let us be carried on the wings of our dreams with a confidence yet unknown.
  May we accept our challenges with unfounded enthusiasm
 and naive expectations, for nothing is impossible in your midst.
  Let us be blind to obstacles and limitations
 as we work to build your Kingdom.
  We ask this through our Lord, Jesus Christ,
 the Ultimate Dreamer.