Listen to the Mustn’ts, child,
Listen to the Don’ts.
Listen to the Shouldn’ts,
The Impossibles, the Won’ts.
Listen to the Never Haves,
Then listen close to me,
Anything can happen, child,
Anything can be.

Shel Silverstein

 

 

Karo has been listening quite a lot.
Now she has something to say.
To Everybody.

 

To Everybody whose Dreams have been kicked:
To Everybody whose Dreams have been torn apart:
To Everybody whose Dreams have been ridiculed:
To Everybody whose Dreams have been talked down:
To Everybody who was advised to stop Dreaming and to live in Reality:

 

Don’t listen any longer!

Start Dreaming!
Continue Dreaming!
Again!

And the Dreams you’ve dumped,
Get them out of the waste bin!
For this is not the place, where they belong!

Take your Dreams seriously,
Hold on to them!
Again!

Make them Reality!
Because you can!
Because we ALL can!

 

To Everybody who has been kicking others Dreams:
To Everybody who has been tearing others Dreams apart:
To Everybody who has been ridiculing others Dreams:
To Everybody who has been talking down the Dreams of others:
To Everybody who is advising others to stop Dreaming and to live in Reality:

 

Stop it!
Stop it!
Stop it!

For we all know,
you are kicking because you have been kicked,
you are tearing apart because you have been torn apart,
you are ridiculing because you have been ridiculed,
you are talking down because you have been talked down,
you are advising because you have been advised,

Stop talking!
Stop advising and answer my questions:
Are you happy with this Reality?
Are you happy with the Reality you’ve created?
Now, you remain silent!

Start Dreaming!
Continue Dreaming!
Again!

And the Dreams you’ve dumped,
Get them out of the waste bin!
For this is not the place, where they belong!

Take your Dreams seriously,
Hold on to them!
Again!

Make them Reality!
Because you can!
Because we ALL can!

 

To Everybody:

 

I am a Dreamer
And I am proud of it!
Again!

I am not hiding from Reality, as some argue!
I am not running away from Reality, as some argue!
I take Reality very seriously,
But I don’t accept it as unchangeable,
I don’t accept it as carved in stone,
I don’t accept it as simply given!

I have a vision of my own,
I have a vision of how it can be,
I have a vision of how it can be if I make it happen
And that is, what I do!

Please, do the same!
For joined hands are more Powerful!

 

With LOVE,
Karo