Golden Dreams

By David Treasure

a man in search of a long held dream of prospecting for gold finds much more than he bargained for in the process.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Treasure
• Release date: May 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301093526

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Golden Dreams

By

Dave Treasure

Published by Dave Treasure at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Dave Treasure

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When I was a young boy, I dreamed of high adventure, excitement, and a life filled with wondrous things. Growing older I would dream about possibly being admired as a celebrity for acting, painting, writing, or some other high profile career.

Now I am no longer a young boy, or a young man, and I ponder the things I used to dream of. I wonder where the time went, how did I allowed myself to let all these dreams slip away without giving any of them a fighting chance to bloom into reality for me.

My answer is simple when I think about it; I lived my life as I felt other people would want me to do it. I did the things I thought would bring my dreams to me, instead of pursuing my dreams and then worrying about how others would perceive my actions.

I don’t mean to say other people should not matter, or I should have been selfish in my pursuits, but what went wrong? Did I not remain true to myself? Why did I not succeed in realizing my dreams and wishes?

Thinking further I realize I have things in my life that I would not change even if the dreams I thought were all I wanted were offered to me today. I have had blessings and disappointments, happiness, and despair, I’ve made mistakes, and I’ve made good choices. After everything has been taken into account I think the dreams of my youth were not the dreams I really wanted to achieve but just flights of fancy and the ideals of youthful exuberance. Along the road of life other dreams took shape and I was able to accomplish several of my most desired dreams all along without realizing it.

From time to time thoughts of those earlier dreams would creep into my mind as I was driving to or from work, or just drifting off on a little daydreaming trip during some idle time in my day. Sometimes it would seem like it would take little or no effort to put those thoughts into action, and pursue one or more of the unrealized dreams of my youth, an adventure of a lifetime, a plan that comes together, a satisfying feeling of true accomplishment. Then the reality of my life and my commitments would stop me in my tracks, and the defeatist in me would take over you can’t do this or that because of these things or those then I would just forget about it and get on with my day. After all, those things are for young men, and I left that bridge in my rear view mirror a few miles ago.

At times I