Yet we dream, and yet, we still believe in dreams | Akaba James

The sun may rise from the East, or maybe from the West, yet we have dreams.

In rain or sunshine, night or day, we dream on.

In the spring of hope or the winter of despair, we dream.

In health or sickness, we dream.

Caught in a crossfire in Bamenda or overwhelmed with quiet enjoyment in Kribi or the Maldives or on a honeymoon in Dubai, we dream.

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In war or peace, we dream.

We may be in our land of birth or a land far away from home - we may be refugees, IDPs - we may be slaves or free - yet we all dream.

With an empty or full bank account, we dream.

In abundance or lack, we dream.

In prison or enjoying freedom, we dream.

Blessed with a spouse and/or children or none, we dream.

Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, or Atheist, we all dream.

Travelled the world or never left the city of birth - been president or living eternally as an ordinary citizen, we have dreams, big and small.

In private jets or wooden bicycles, we dream.

We may lose the match; we may win the match - yet we all dream.

Gone to the moon and back or climbed the highest mountain in the world, we dream.

In calm or stormy waters, we hold tight to our dreams.

With a laptop as a tool or simply a pen and paper or nothing, we dream.

We may be into farming or fishing or into product manufacture; we all dream.

The markets may be good, they may slump - yet we dream.

On dusty streets or tarred roads - we dream.

We may have the best of results or the worst of them - we may be the first in class or the worst in class, yet we all dream.

We may sleep in a peaceful village hut or a castle in a noisy city - on a mattress or on the ground along unsafe streets- yet we all dream

The night may be longer, and the drought may linger on, yet we still dream even more passionately.

The sea level may be rising and the Earth sinking, the ice of Greenland melting at an accelerating rate, and the Sahara Desert expanding faster than ever, yet we dream, and we still believe in dreams, and we work on attaining them.

With education or no education, we dream.

English speaking, French speaking, Spanish speaking or simply fluent in one of the local languages exclusively, dreams keep our hope sustained, lift our spirit, and drive our momentum.

Our common pursuit of dreams binds us together.

In the best of moments or the worst of them, we do not lose hope; rather, we dream on.

We may own property or none at all - yet we all dream.

In our sleep or our state of awakeness, we dream.

The journey may be long and daunting or short and maybe bumpy, yet we dream.

Nothing is too strong to stop us from dreaming.

We may be white; we may be black - we all dream.

We may be young, we may be old with no strength to rise from the bed - yet we have dreams especially for our uprisings and our loved ones, and more.

Whatever our state, as long as we are alive, we dream.

Even in death, we dream of an afterlife.

Dreams are silent prayers - they make us see reality in the virtual. In our dreams, everyone is rich. Wishes are horses.

The world of dreams may sometimes look like fantasies, but that is where we find solace and comfort - that is where we simulate and enjoy a perfect life and a perfect world. That's where, in our mind, we go on beautiful safari escapes, living the paradise outside real life and its ups and downs.

Dreams are so beautiful. They keep us in that wonderland even before we get there in reality, someday - and we keep getting there!

Let's be fools to dream the impossible - everything starts with a dream! - Akaba James | Open Dreams

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Comment: "The present predicament in the land of the free is recoiling to the despondency in Langston Hughes "A Dream Deferred," where deferred dreams and hopes are shattered. But Akaba's tenacious words come with a beacon of hope that speaks courage and hope in a land cast under the pell of uncertainty and fear. Thank you for keeping the candle burning amid the storms of this once cherished land." - Sama Ambe