Come out come out, wherever you are!

I just read a journal entry from 6 months ago that reminded me of this dream I had. I woke up from the dream with a phrase reverberating through my soul: "Call forth the Visionaries"
With these commissioning words came this supernatural assurance that I could actually DO this and that my DOING it would make a difference. It was weird.
That evening I visited with some friends who were saying good-bye to their friends that were leaving for college. I found myself in the exact scenario from my dream - standing amongst these young people and reminding them to not be discouraged by what seems to be an impossible dream. I told them that it would come to pass.
Hanging on to the belief in a dream or vision is so important. Building it UP day after day, nurturing its health, spending time around people who encourage your ideas - these are the ways dreams come to pass. It is the training ground for taking responsible ownership over the well-being of an idea. Probably similar to the way that marriage often leads to having children. A healthy, stable marriage creates a culture wherein a new person can safely grow and mature.
So contend in the battlefield of your mind for the dream that is on your heart.
Don't be discouraged because it hasn't happened just yet.
It's likely that you are in preparation for that day.

Concerning Hobbits...

For those of you who hate the Lord of the Rings, I make no apologies. It really is the best movie ever:
On days when I am feeling like life is complicated and difficult, I sometimes find myself longing for the comforts of a Hobbit hole. If you don't know, the Hobbit is a little person living in the countryside in a home carved beneath a plot of earth. (I think you might find one in your local idyllic community)
What I find so fascinating is that the opening chapters of this trilogy have the ability to bring me hope and peace. Granted, it's not my "go to" when life is REALLY working my nerves, but it has, on many occasions, provided a fantastical escape to a place where problems like mine don't seem to exist.
Fantasy seems to play an increasingly major role in the interior lives of humans everywhere. From pornography to Second Life, and all of the video game worlds in between, we remain a people in pursuit of meaning.
Will there ultimately be any truth to a custom-tailored reality that responds to the deepest desires of a human heart?
How does the election of artificial realities as a viable means of "living" effect the concrete world?
For a people longing to "become" another person, or the person they were "never able to become", is there any problem with a bit of fantasy?
I'm working on an idea for my life that has a bit to do with constructing a new reality.
I'm beginning to live outside of the laws of this world.
I've found that there is, after all, a Hobbit village.
A place from whence we came.
And a means by which to recover this idyllic reality.
So the next time the Rules of this world cramp your style, ask yourself if you have any authority to amend the law.
If you don't, go get you some real authority.
If you need help, ask me.
Dreamers: dream.