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Josh Cox: The Library
(Part I) - “A Dream”
(Elite Athlete Blog Entry 10)

Posted July 5th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Josh Cox

Section: News & Results, Elite Athlete Blogs, Josh Cox

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Not too long ago you had a dream - this dream as a matter of fact. Don’t feel bad, you just forgot, most do. How many of us remember our dreams? How many attempt to remember them – try to revive them – try to bring them back? We dream, but then we wake, reality sets in, and our dreams are forever lost. It’s understandable, we’re busy, we have things to do, obligations, you know. Sometimes we remember bits, pieces even, occasionally we think about dreams but most times they just slip and slide away, unless you’re in the habit of writing them down – as I am. I do this while I’m still dreaming, I know it sounds odd, but it’s for the best. Author George MacDonald described this moment in the first strides of Phantastes: “I awoke one morning with the usual perplexity of mind which accompanies the return to consciousness.”

It’s the moment when your dream still has a pulse but it’s faint and fading fast. This is when we must write – before the dream dies. If only more people remembered their dreams. Forgotten dreams, dreams forgotten. What could be more tragic?
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