July 26, 2013
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Losing the Dream
A couple weeks ago, my wife and I stole off early for a dinner date on the way to pick up my nephew at the airport. Conversation drifted off in an odd way and we began to discuss what we would do if we found ourselves alone in the world with enough money in the bank that we didn't have to work for a while. Neither of us had ever had any cause to consider this (unless maybe she's thinking about having me done in for the insurance money), but after a few minutes of thought, we had our ideas. I would probably buy a truck, throw my bicycle on the back and go cross country again. My wife had bigger ideas. She would go see the ruins of some of the great civilizatiions, taste some wines and meet people. She'd travel to Greece, Italy and France at a leisurely pace so she could soak it all in. We then discussed what we would have thought the other would do, and that's where it got interesting. I have always been the dreamer. I was going to sail solo around the world as a young adult. I was going to be a missionary pilot. I always had some money making scheme. I was just that guy. My wife's dreams were snuffed out early by years of abuse as a child, so she has never been willing to admit to even having dreams. When she expressed her surprise that I would probably not do anything special, it got me started thinking. I wonder when I gave up on my dreaming and I wonder what has changed that has given her back the ability to dream? I didn't even realize that part of me had changed.
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perhaps you have changed each other, maybe your wife has given you the adventures you wanted and maybe you have given her the chance to dream...sometimes change is very subtle
Dreams tend to change as we gain experience -- perhaps they'll change back later on ~ ~ ~
I had the same dream as your wife but not realized excepted inside France . But in the past I loved also to go where no one goes to find plants , mushroms and to be in full nature . You can mixed your dreams .
In friendship
Michel
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mICHEL
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In frienship
Miche
Thanks for your visit .
I see your dream of trop in Europe continues .
To see the Tour de France you have to be in France in July. It is a very popular event
In friendship
Michel