Dreams Come in All Shapes and Sizes

Dreams or goals? To me they are both the same thing. In life in order to reach our goals we have to be willing to consistently go after them. There are company goals, personal goals, career goals, family goals or health goals, they all must be pursued with passion and purpose. The challenges of life can sometimes try to choke out our goals (dreams) and many people lose track of what it is they really want. I personally refuse to stand by and watch this happen. So I think that dreams role is that they are like a “syrupy sweet” because they give all people hope and motivation for what they want out of life. Dreams give you countless benefits to better yourself and give you the option to go after what you truly want out of life. One benefit of dreams was when George said, “No, sir, we 'd have our own place where we belonged and not sleep in no bunk house." (Steinbeck 3.202-203). This is a benefit because it gave Lennie a concrete idea to continue to work or search for work so he could have this dream come true. This dream that George gave to Lennie motivated him to work as hard as he could to make this dream a reality. Even if George knew this was an unrealistic dream is still gave Lennie hope and motivation for him to better himself and him and George’s living conditions. A second benefit of dreams was when George said, "—I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we 'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would." (Steinbeck 5.78). This is a benefit because it proves that hard work, motivation, hope, and a pinch of luck is a perfect recipe for a dream to come true because no matter how unrealistic a dream is if you have all those ingredients you start to believe in it just as much as everyone else. It just goes to show you that having hearing something repeatedly for an excessive period of time you begin to believe it no matter how unorthodox the idea is. An additional benefit of dreams is when Ruth said, “Mama,