Three Dreams in a Box

Maybe its the time of year, but it always gets me thinking of dreams differed... here is a piece i actually wrote just for me but i feel that it is now the right time to share it....



So... I have been standing at a crossroads for far to long. the problem is i have no idea which way to turn, which road to follow. I have paths slightly charted for me in a few directions... 1) following the dreams of others and my old dreams of certain education... 2) my save the world hopes that few seem to understand....3) even standing still to please the hierarchy. but then there are those paths covered in weeds, with no maps to guide me. i can further my education with these paths. my major would have to change... but i can still go to college. get a business management degree and be set. or just run at it full tilt and not stop for the degree just yet. I want to open a dress shop, a book store, and a night club/bar. I want to have a corporation. I even see the potential for each one where i am. We don't have a dress shop besides one highly over priced place in this area.... so if i could offer lower prices, buy back options for resale, and donation dresses, and a guarantee that if the dress is bought from my store i will not sell another one for the same function, I could make a huge profit!!! I would be catering to the needs of my community. we have plenty a girl who cannot afford a dress she will only wear once. so why not rent a dress? or buy a used one? And god forbid someone have the same dress as you!! I will prevent that from happening at my store. plus i will have wedding and all other formal and semi formal dresses available at all times. it will be the one stop dress shop. NOW the book store. we don't have one!! unless you count the one on campus at hcc. So i will provide.... Oh! did you know the mark up on text books at HCC is like 100%? yeah we basically pay double what they pay for a book. so why not find your text books at your local book store? we will have them!!! we will also have a variety from fiction to nonfiction classics to modern. a children's section, including a book club for all ages. the children's book club will have story time and a discount on the book of the month. teen club will have the discount and a discussion group as will the adult club. oh and we will also be available online with forums for the clubs and a order area for books. the night club is the biggest question. around here you have three choices, either black white or stripper. well i want my club to be comfortable for all. I will not play exclusively white music nor exclusively black. there will be band nights for local bands. there will be open mic nights for every talent. if i have my way completely there will be a gamers room where xbox show downs can be held. a lounge area where karaoke will be on some nights and open mic others. I will even have the option of Sunday night music worship. there would be pool tables and Foosball air hockey, all that jazz. a sports room for the big game of the night. right now i stand at a crossroads...there are lots of variables. lots of options. where do i go from here? well i just don't know... i guess I'm stuck standing pondering until my heart just makes a leap...

until the fates let us,
ali