Earthly Dreams and Heavenly Dreams

One of the books (most specifically graphic novels) that I am working on expresses how as we grow mature, we trade our 'heavenly' dreams for 'earthly' ones. When you are a child, in your child-mind someone would ask you what you wanted to do when you grew up, and you may or may not have spat them out a list. Chances are, the younger you were, the more likely you were to speak the truth.

Unless you had a significant attachment, role-model, relative, or hero that worked in a profession as a child, your aspirations for that goal were earthly. A heavenly dream is one that isn't culturally or realistically achievable. Examples of 'heavenly' dreams are world peace, taking over the world, wielding magic, flying without any aid (mechanical or physical), etc. etc. World peace can still qualify as an 'earthly' dream if it is not your true and personal wish, but its likelihood makes it 'heavenly'.

Once again unless you had a significant and personal attachment to these goals, these are examples of earthly dreams: Owning a house, having a career, starting a family, being wealthy. As we grow in maturity, we reach down for our earthly dreams. They are at our feat and within our grasp. Because of whatever culture you belong to, maturity itself is usually a process where you let go of your heavenly dreams entirely, or convince yourself through a transformation of these goals into earthly ones, that you are still doing what you've always wanted.

I say that even if you are forced to give up your heavenly dreams in order to live a good life, you should never forget them entirely. Use paper and write them down, they will give you strength, no matter how foolish you think they are. I am speaking as someone who is spiritual, but not religious. Perhaps faith gives you a similar strength. In the end, they are just internal deceptions, false motivation. Even so, they are powerful. Be truly honest to yourself, and if you acknowledge these lies of Ideology that you follow, and still enjoy following them, then regret will not be yours and I believe you are not wrong.