You Got to Have a Dream

"You got to have a dream
'cause if you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true...."

Once upon a time there was a girl. After being blessed with a relatively happy childhood, the girl suddenly found herself faced with the prospect of going to college. Like most young girls, the girl did not really know what she wanted to be. All the girl knew was that she wanted to be happy. So the girl thought and thought: What makes me happy? At last an answer ( ! ): Colors, crafts, and bits and pieces of the "flower people". Young that the girl was, she went and told her mother that she would like to enroll in the Arts.

Her mother replied, "I'm sorry my dear girl, but the Arts, although a fine pursuit, won't put food on the table. You'll have to be practical. There will always be time for art when you have established yourself."

The girl accepted that Mother's words made sense (-tavos) and so the girl took up a Bu$ine$$ course. And the rest is history (work , marriage , children, more work).

Now the girl is all grown up and her mother's words have come to pass. The girl had time to think once more and so she asked herself: "What makes me happy ?" Then came an answer ( ! ): Colors, crafts, and bits and pieces of the "flower people".

With that in mind, the girl took the plunge.

~The End~



Do you spend time wondering what you would want to be or have one year or 10 years down the road? If you do have some notion what you envision yourself to be, are you actively doing something about it? You must remember that before you can have a plan, you must have a goal, a dream. And if you have a goal, remember that nothing will come out of it if you just continue to think about it.....

So go ahead, take that first step and ask yourself: "What makes me happy?"

One thing is for sure, the following recipe below will put anyone in a dreamy mood. Bake a batch and make someone happy-- YOU!


Sweet Dream Cookies (a recipe found a long time ago on the net. Sorry, can't remember exact source)

Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1-1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
1 egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet choco chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2- 1 cup powdered sugar

Cream butter. Beat in brown sugar, egg, and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Blend into butter mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts. Refrigerate until firm. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheets. Break off small pieces of dough; roll between palms into 1 inch rounds. Dredge rounds in powdered sugar. Arrange rounds on prepared sheets, spacing at least 2 inches apart. Bake 10 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on sheets. Transfer to racks and cool. Store in airtight container.