How do you think about it?

Can you remember your big childhood dream? No, really. Just stop everything and think of it now.

Does it somehow resonate with who you are today?

For me there were two big dreams. The first one wasn't that original. I dreamed of flying. Like so many other kids of my age I would secretly hope to get some fairy dust from Peter Pan and just take off and fly. While simply hoping never helped, I was actually coming up with a plan to take to the air. I still never went as far as my mom who jumped off of their garage roof with an umbrella. She didn't break a bone but was wise enough to teach her daughter to consult adults on such matters. Frustrated with gravity's stubborn presence, I ended up satisfying my wish at night, when I would fall asleep and dream of flying over the streets, that at the time made up the whole world to me.

The second dream was way more interesting, in my opinion. You might think it's creepy. I wanted to get into someone's head. I figured people weren't thinking the same way as I. Adults especially were mesmerizing me with their thought patters that were so hard to grasp for a young mind. Why would you do this? How did you know? Why do you think so? Their experience, knowledge of social norms, and solid logic backed up by facts I couldn't have known, made their thinking a little magical. I wished to borrow their minds for a little bit and play looking at the world just like them.

Now, over 15 years later I've spent two years in Aviation school, which didn't work out that well, BUT I'm still interested in people. Appears, I had no idea as a child that a lot of them want to be understood...and there is a whole lot to understand. No two alike. In college I enjoyed keeping strangers a company for lunch. I'd often go away learning something new, being able to think a little differently.

If what I'm saying ties in somehow with who you are, heck, even if you are clueless as to why I'm writing this, or you are reading the post two years after today, just make me a note. I sincerely do want to understand you.