Dreams.

Someone once said that we all have dreams but the major issue is to pitch them to others. I had a dream, I still have a dream and I still have dreams.

I had a dream (goal in life) to become a footballer and I won't go over that details again because I have mentioned it a few times now. I don't want to sound like a broken record. That dream of being a footballer died a long time ago and it hurt back then because that was all I ever wanted to do even before I noticed how passionate I can be with writing. When one door closes indeed, you get to redirect your eyes to other doors with potentials.

That aspect of my life is now a close chapter and I play football for fun now rather than going professional. Not like I can go professional anymore anyway because that age barrier has been crossed and I am not the type to lie about my age 🤣🤣😂 and even if I did, the social media would have a filled day when they check all my social media images 😂😂🤣and some people that want to drag me down starts showing up especially those that I have hurt in the past, knowingly or unknowingly 🤣🤣🤣😂. Hey, that's life 🙈🙈🙈.

I went to the beach recently, precisely on Sunday and I had fun. I already mentioned on noise.cash that I wouldn't play football like the last time. The last time I played handball inside the beach water and it was fun and exhausting. It was really crazy as most people didn't know I would go all out lie that being a private person. This time around, I couldn't resist the dig and I saw football on the sand and I joined again. I was happy to be snapped because I didn't even think about snapping that day. I was excited about the idea of playing football.

Spot me there hahaha.

I was a bit rusty but I was devastating in scoring goals. It came back to me so easily and that's why I knew how much playing football would have meant to me if I went professionally. That's a dream I would never get back but I am glad to settle for playing it for fun at least because you never know what would have happened to me, career-wise if I had pursued it. I tried to see good in anything that happens and I believe that dream was lost for a reason and I am alive, so I am thankful.

I am also a firm believer in dreams. As crazy as it might sound to some, I believe God communicate with us sometimes through dreams. I have had dreams that were pleasant while some had been scary also. Sometimes I wake up and I can't even remember the dream and oftentimes I remember them. I still remember some dreams from years back as I typed this.

I recently had a dream regarding a friend just a few days ago and it was scary. I linked my friend with another friend and now they are both dating, so yes, my matchmaking game is on point hahaha. I matched them together and I am happy they are still going strong. I've known the guy for close to 20 years now and the lady I just got to know her 3 to 4 years ago but my ability to connect with people easily would make anyone think I have known them long enough.

Presently, I haven't been speaking as much to the lady because sometimes people don't like hearing the truth and I am not the type to shy away from it especially if it would have a greater effect in the future. She sometimes doesn't take things seriously and is not ready to put effort into friendship and you can't teach or force that despite several discussions about it.

I had a dream about the lady. Presently she is in the U.K studying for her second Masters and I had a dream she was involved in a car explosion and despite not being on talking terms with her, I was sad. In the dream, her boyfriend came to me and showed me the last time they had a chat and how he hasn't heard anything about her whereabouts after the explosion. I woke up scared and worried and had to reach out to her boyfriend to explain the dream and ask both of them to pray about it. Of course, I prayed too but it has been so long I had such a scary dream.

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I believe in dreams and I see a dream as either an indication of what is to come - maybe sometimes not exactly as it appeared but something close to it and also as a way of making us understand the things that should have happened but have passed. I see dreams as a way of knowing things before and after. I must have had tons of dreams right from my tender ages till now. If you are from my tribe; Yoruba or let me say if you are deep-rooted Nigerian, there is no way you would trivialize any dream that you have because it's just different out here 😂😂🤣😂😂.

I wish I had a dream about my dad dying or mum, maybe I would have prayed it away but then this is to buttress my point earlier that the dreams I have are an indication for me to know what to accept and not to accept. I didn't dream about them because their timing was meant to be but any dream that comes I believe it's left to my discretion to determine whether to will them away or accept them. That's just the way I see dreams and sometimes I have a dream that doesn't even make any sense. I can't even put them together or understand them and for those, I just thank God and pray generally for better days ahead.

Do you have dreams? Can you remember them? Do you attach any importance to them?

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