Soñar

soñar [despierto] =    to daydream


I have the most fantastic app on my iPod. Its called, wait for it . . . the dictionary! 
If internet is available, I get a lovely *POP* sound every morning notifying me of the selected word of the day! Both in spanish and in english. I also get, "the question of the day." It's so much fun! 
Today's spanish word really appealed to me: Soñar - to daydream. 
I'm the kind of person who often spends my time daydreaming. With little control that we have in the way that life plays itself out, I like to pretend that I am slightly more in power. So I daydream. I dream of what I will study, which is currently Marine Biology. I dream of where I will go to, to study Marine Biology. I dream of exciting things I will do when I'm living on my own. Such as taking climbing courses here (if I would ever live in Groningen):http://www.bjoeks.nl/index. 


Slowly my daydreams will grow from there and take me to places that I want to explore. The problem with wanting to travel is having the money to travel. So I'm hoping that being a marine biologist will take me to these places. I want to write, I want to take photographs, I want to research, I want to document, I want to change. 


Daydreams, daydreams. 


A wise teacher of mine once said,
"Set goals, 
Aim for them, 
Expect change." 


These may be extravagant things to daydream about. But for now I at least have an idea of what I want. It may change, but for right now I know what to aim for and its OK if it changes. 
I challenge you to Soñar.