Dear Future,
Childhood dreams are such powerful things. In a way, they are what shape your life, what guides your future. When you are a child you can really open up your mind and explore without limits. A child's imagination knows no limits.
When I was a child, I imagined a whole life for myself. I was going to be a famous actress. I was going to get married and have a baby girl named Samantha Harrington. (I guess I was going to have to marry someone with the last name of Harrington.) I was going to be rich and famous and happy.
Or sometimes I imagined that I would be a famous archeologist. I was going to travel to a remote location and spend my day uncovering artifacts in a big dig. I would find a new undiscovered type of dinosaur.
Sometimes I dreamed that I would be a famous writer. I would spend my days sitting on the beachside writing in my journals. Always writing by hand to preserve authenticity. That dream progressed into wanting to be a journalist. I wanted to write articles for a large newspaper. I actually started college as a journalism major. This was right as the OJ scandal hit, and after watching weeks of coverage, I decided I never wanted to spend my life camped outside an alleged murderers house.
At one point I really wanted to be a successful businesswoman. I wanted to break through all of the glass ceilings and be the person in charge of a company. I imagined that I would live in Boston, and work on the top floor of a tall building with a huge office with giant windows overlooking the city.
Sometimes I really miss that ability to dream without bounds, to imagine without limits.
Love,
Me
