"I've got dreams to remember"

John Mayer is a profound guy. He has the ability to speak to me through his lyrics. We have a connection. I remember my first hearing of a live version of "Gravity" from Mayer's concert DVD "Where the Light is" and being blown away not by his melodic solos or perfect playing technique but by the simple tag he repeated during the song saying "I've got dreams to remember." This simple line meant so much to me as Mayer had once again somehow transformed my thoughts into words and sang them in a melody.

As I sit here and get ready for the brand new college environment, I feel nervous and excited to embark on this adventure taking me all the way from learning in an academic classroom to experiencing "real life" scenarios in various occupations while having the ability to meet new people with diverse and unique personalities along the way. With all these changes of characters and settings heading my way, I am beginning to realize how important dreams are. I think that dreams are important because they remain constant even though everything around you might change. They are the definition of who you are and the image of who you want to become.

My dream is to become a writer for The Office. As ridiculous/big/interesting/cool that dream may sound, I am thankful that I have it and acknowledge it as something important. After reading Death of a Salesman in school, I became discouraged and terrified of becoming another Willy, stuck in a job that I was unfit for. I think that being firmly grounded in my dreams is my safety from that type of unfulfilling future. Especially as I enter college, there are so many opportunities in college that I hope to take advantage of in order to ultimately and hopefully become a writer for The Office or achieve another dream that might come up along the way.



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