We know we’re lucky. We not only identified a dream but, even crazier, we’ve made it a reality. It’s an honor and a responsibility, because many people who are more worthy and more able don’t get this chance.

It’s also terrifying to bring a dream out into the light. Dreams are much safer locked in our minds since you won’t know what a dream will really be like until you’re in it. What if you dream to live in a cloud, but you get there and all you can see is fog? Or you dream to live in a sunbeam, but once inside it’s only a glare? It’s easier to put dreams on a pedestal instead of letting life smudge the ideal. Safer.

Not this time. Not us. We still can’t believe it. And maybe it’s because we knew of our dream’s disadvantages that we haven’t been disappointed. We knew it would be dirty and uncomfortable. We knew we’d get tired and hungry. We knew we’d fight. We knew we’d be scared. And we know we may still fail.

In knowing the dark side of our dream, we’re able to revel in it’s light. And in the lowest times of our dream, it’s still an honor to live it.