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Dream a Little Dream

Right now, many of us are looking for a little hope. Share your dream so that someone else can find theirs.
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August 28, 2020

In a rare escape from our home, my husband and I were driving through West Los Angeles, admiring the sunset and towering palm trees. Something compelled me to ask him, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 one of your dreams?鈥 And I qualified the question, 鈥淪omething you haven鈥檛 shared with me before. What鈥檚 something you want to do in your lifetime?鈥

After a moment鈥檚 hesitation, he looked at me and said, 鈥淥ne day, I want us to live in Jerusalem. For a month, for a summer, but live in an apartment and share Jerusalem with our children.鈥 We have always pined to go on an Israel trip as a family, but we never discussed making Jerusalem a part-time home. In sharing his dream, my husband created a new dream of mine.

During this month before the High Holy Days, we spend time taking a cheshbon ha-nefesh 鈥 an inventory of our souls. And yet, I wonder, do we share that inventory with others? When is the last time you sat down with a loved one and shared your latest dream? Your goals and aspirations? So often, we keep those wishes to ourselves and forget that our own hopes may serve as the spark to ignite another鈥檚 passion.

Freud said, 鈥淒reams are the royal road to the unconscious.鈥 He was probably speaking about the dreams that occur deep within the middle of the night. I dare say that when we share the unspoken desires of our lives, our visions may become the royal road to someone else鈥檚 dreaming.聽Someone else鈥檚 awakening. Someone else鈥檚 latent wants coming to fruition.

Right now, many of us are looking for a little hope. Share your dream so that someone else can find theirs.

Shabbat shalom.

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