Dreams

What are dreams? Not the dreams you have at night, but the dreams of what you would like to do with your life. I recently what the finale of one of those reality talent shows. They talked about how one previous winner is an example of how you should really follow your dream. I've had many dreams over my life, I have only had one come true. I have tried to follow a couple of the others, but I got nowhere. Why did I get nowhere with my dreams? It's called reality, with responsibilities to take care of and life to live, there is very little time left over to practice, write or do whatever.
Now I still have most of these dreams, but I also have a thing called reality. I know that I am no closer to achieving my dreams then I was twenty plus years ago when most of them first came into my head. I think instead of dreams I should call them wishes, since that is really what they are. Like winning the lottery, most dreams take an investment and lots of luck.
I recently realized even though my dreams mostly are unfulfilled I have many wants that have been realized. I can live with that, though it would be nice to have a dream come true.