Hope deferred makes the heart sick but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12)
This tree design is carved on the tombstone of some unknown individual. They dream no more. Was their hope ended too?
Perhaps we can’t agree on the origin or value of hope, but even the most jaded members of humankind dream. We dream because we wish to possess, capture or covet some outcome – success, happiness, riches, admiration, love, power, just to suggest a few. Dreams release us for a time from the reality in which we find ourselves.