Decade of Dreaming
When I was g
rowing up I watched a lot of sci-fi and I genuinely thought that by the time I was 16 I would be fighting the machines that had conquered the earth. That however was not the case; I finished school and went to college. At college I got to study what I liked and so I studied History, Geology, Biology and Chemistry. Dropping Chemistry at AS level I went on to study the rest through to A level.
At this point I dreamed of being an archaeologist and travelling the world finding treasures. So naturally after finishing college I went on to study a degree in Heritage, History and Archaeology at University. Although I did what was required of me to pass the course with a 2.2 I could never have been accused of studying too hard. I was too busy having a good time with my friends, dreaming about girls, drinking in pubs and dancing in clubs. I didn’t dare think about the future or plan for what happened after I left university trusting that I would be able to get a job in my chosen field.
The dream though didn’t become a reality, I left university came back home and here I have stayed for the past five years. I didn’t get a job in my chosen field; in fact I now work in a call centre answering calls for many different businesses. This isn’t a cautionary tale or even the end of the story because sometimes the things we dream about in our wildest fantasies do come true.
When I said I dreamt of being an archaeologist that wasn’t all I dreamt of being. I also dreamt of being an actor, a singer, a writer and a painter. When I came back from University I also went back to my local church and that was the start of something special. The church was putting on a performance at the local primary school. They needed male singers and I qualified because I was male not that I could sing or so I thought. I had been told several times before that I couldn’t sing and every time I did I was told to shut up. So it then came as a bit of a shock when not only did they want me in the choir but to do a solo. The last time I had sung in public was actually in the same primary school when I attended it over 11 years previously and I was very nervous. However after numerous practices I produced a competent performance. In the process I fulfilled one of my dreams to sing in a musical. The circuit then put on a performance of the passion play in a market place and I played the role of St Peter, I also played the part of Joseph in the Nativity Play in the same market place, both fulfilling another dream of mine to act in a play. In the years that followed I appeared in other performances and choirs, gradually increasing my confidence in my abilities.
Now I also write regularly posting to my blog and producing articles for the local church magazine. I also produce pictures on my computer which I share with the rest of the world via Facebook and my Blog. I have also taken part in a few archaeological excavations and surveys. To some extent you could say that I am a dreamer who is actually living out his dreams. I’m not professional working in any of the things I wanted to do, but I do them whenever I like and I enjoy myself when doing them. For me that is the best dream of all.
