The Allure of Neverland

What's so alluring about the existence of the Neverland?

Is it the fact that anything you so desire can happen at the drop of a hat? One can do seemingly anything, or at least things that they are not able to do in everyday life. One is never hungry, never ill, never anything but excited about life and the new adventures each day brings.

Or is it because one never grows old? They remain youthful and carefree without the worries that maturity bring.

In the Neverland, such things as pink and purple polka-dotted elephants exist. They eat only orange, sugary circus peanuts and spray soda from their trunks. Animals of all different species and colors roam freely and we all coexist peacefully.

In the Neverland, happy thoughts and a little fairy dust can enable one to soar with the clouds, fly faster than the birds, and touch the stars. The stars do not seem so very far away in the Neverland. There is no need for vehicles. There is no need for gasoline.

In the Neverland, dreams come true and everyone is happy. No one is ever sick. Death is always there, but it is looked at as an adventure, not a mournful passing.

Langston Hughes once said, "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."

We need our dreams. Mr. Hughes proclaims it so. Dreams keep our spirits high. As Marsha Norman explains, "Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you."

We must continue to imagine.
We must continue to believe.
We must continue to dream.

What would the world be like if everyone gave up on their dreams? There are thousands of inventions that would not exist if people gave up on their dreams. Their dreams were inspired by their imagination. Imagination is a wonderful thing. Imagination sparks dreams. The Neverland exists when one uses their imagination.

Did you know that a person can grow up and not lose their precious imagination? However, in the process of growing older, people are often subjected to things that bring about great sorrow or suffering. Imagination is often left behind for more "adult-like" things. The days that were once long and full of all sorts of adventures are forgotten. Time becomes scarce; there is never enough time to do all that needs to be done in one day.

But we need to imagine, just as we need to dream and sometimes, to dream. The very intelligent Albert Einstein shared with the world that "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

In short, don't give up on something that you want, even if it is something you've imagined and only seen a few times in your dreams. There are people in Life whose sole purpose in Life is to bring you down. They are here to dash every dream, break every hope, and squash every imaginative thought you ever have. Do not give up.

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. -- Marcel Proust

And me? What do I choose to dream about?

The existence of the Neverland.