What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Children always dream big! Imagination coupled with their innocence leaves little if any room for limitations. Dreams are important. They give us something to hope, strive and reach for. Dreams give us a reason to live. Guard your child's dreams from words that would put them in a box limiting their thinking, killing their hopes or blinding them so that they have no vision. The most powerful thing you can do to encourage your child to dream is to have one of your own. Talk about your dreams with your children and allow them to see you working towards making your dream a reality. Langston Hughes asked a very important question, "What happens to a dream deferred?" He gives us scenarios to ponder over...each one more sickening to the imagination than the previous one. Don't allow your children to defer there dreams, even if they seem impossible and unreachable in your mind; speak to them and tell them, "Dream, child, dream".
Have a fantabulous day! We'll talk again soon.
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