Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ~Andre Gide
What is the difference between a dream and a wish? Disney teaches us that if you dream hard enough and are meant to be a princess by blood or means of magic, they will in fact come true. Disney also teaches us that if you are in dire straights and "wish on a star" a wish will come true. But most of us are not princesses or even princes to be or in dire straights such as Jepeto was in Pinocchio. We may feel like it but the normal person is not. And those who happen to be in those straights, have found that wishing on a star doesn't solve our problems.
So what is the difference between a wish and a dream? In my opinion and without looking up definitions, the only difference is in fact the word it's self. If you wish for something and then work for it, it can come true. If you dream for something and likewise work for it, it will also come true. Sometimes a wish can become a dream and vis versa.
But don't confuse me to say that everyone who works for what they dream or wish will come true. Stuff happens or it's sometimes not enough or not "meant to be". Some people don't have to work at all to get what they want. Everything depends on the situation and the individual.
But some people are content with those dreams or wishes not being met, having been filled by something else.
It seems that dreams and wishes are reserved for children anyways. How often have you seen an adult working for a wish or dream anymore. Most of the people I have observed simply wish to get by and survive with little hope for anything else. But the rare occasions I have observed an adult wishing or dreaming, it's for love, to not be alone. Just to call someone their significant other. Sometimes because misery loves company, sometimes because that person truly feels another person to love and care for will make a bland life better and sometimes just to have someone to take care of them.
But what happened to dreams and wishes? Movies seem to indicate that people still do it all the time beyond adolescence. People I have observed are not happy "just getting by" or just barley being able to survive. It is my opinion that people are growing more and more cynical. Somewhat accepting what their lives have become and not seeing any other way out other then a miracle and people feel, "That doesn't happen to normal people like us." I watch in vain as people torture themselves mentally for being just an ordinary Joe for reasons that aren't even true because that is all they have known. Poverty, loneliness, boredom, they dash for any chance they see to escape it all but get turned down so much. Why dream and wish anymore? "Holding out false hopes for something that will never happen."
We have lost the concept of why dreaming and wishes are important. Children are smarter then us in holding hope that the world tries to crush but keeps going. What is the point in giving up when a fairy-god mother could come down and touch you with her wand? People used to believe and work for more. Now, we are slowing descending into bare minimum because, "Whats the point?"
The point is, it's there for the taking if you try and hope a little more. No more excuses. It won't be done for you like Disney says.
That seems to be the problem though doesn't it? Someone told us growing up that if we hoped, dreamed and wished, it would be done for us. Then we grew up and it wasn't true. Now there is that dream gone because no one did it for us.
To conclude I will say only this. I wish people could dream again.
