To Dream Without Boundaries

So as you read from my updates post, I am deeply into Dawson’s Creek. I am currently on season 4 of it and there are only 2 left and I don’t even want to think about how I am going to feel when it’s over. I watch a lot of TV shows on Netflix where I binge it and finish the whole series and then I just move to the next one, but I have a feeling that this one has left too much of an impact for me to get over it that easily.

If you have never seen Dawson’s Creek, here is a little synopsis for you.
Dawson Leery is a boy that is obsessed with filmmaking. He lives in Capeside and is an only child. He has a best friend named Joey, who is actually a girl that lives across the creek. Right from the beginning, you can tell these two have a special bond with one another. There is a character named Pacey (My favorite) that is Dawson’s best friend but not so much Joey’s friend. Jen is another character that is there from the beginning and Dawson likes her right when she steps foot on Capeside soil.

Joey is in love with Dawson. She has been since she was little and she knows that it’s something that she will be keeping to herself for quite some time. Dawson is pretty delirious about the whole thing but I mean that’s pretty typical. Overtime, they start to recognize and really face these feelings that they have towards one another and get to the point where they may or may not end up together.

Now I know what you are thinking, that this show is just another teen romance show. Yes, there is romance throughout every episode of some kind, but there’s so much more than that. There’s life lessons at every corner and quotes that you just want to write down and put on your wall. These teens are not your average teens and they really help show that the bond between groups of friends can help you get through anything.

My description does not do it justice so I highly recommend you just watch it.

So getting to my point of this post…. In one of the episodes, Dawson describes his take on dreams and how he views it. He says you have to dream without boundaries. Right when he said that, I wrote it down. I feel like a lot of people in today’s world want to dream big and have dreams that many see as invaluable. I know for me, I want to go work at Disney and work my way up to being a impacting part of the company. While I see that dream as obviously totally obtainable, there are others that would disagree with me.

We all have a passion and something that we want to strive for, but sometimes we believe that there are only certain paths that we are allowed to take. We can become a doctor or a dentist, we can go to a business and be a marketing person, and we can become a teacher. These are all wonderful goals to meet and I sometimes have a goal to be in that kind of job. But the problem with these general paths is there is no room for us to be imaginative and to go outside the box. We have all been taught that the only good kind of jobs are the ones that hold promise for being steady. The jobs that most people know about and know that it will be good.

I think especially in this upcoming generation and the next generation that people are ready to take on those uncommon jobs and really find out if they enjoy it more.

Dreaming without boundaries is so important because it is giving you the space to not limit what you can dream. Once we start putting walls up and rules about the way we dream, we might as well just throw that dream away. We have to be able to accept the challenge of finding that dream that we have and then backing it up to whatever obstacle there is.

Dawson wants to be a filmmaker and throughout the show you see him dream big and film a movie only to see others not respond to it the way that he thought and hoped they would. But he still got right back up and did what he loved because he knew in order to achieve his dream, he would have to dream without boundaries.

Currently where I am at in the show, Dawson has decided to put his filmmaking aside and he is trying to figure out what he really wants and if there is something else he likes more. However, I have a feeling that he is going to go right back to filmmaking and following that passion because that’s who he is.

Well like I said, I think you should watch this show and if you do end up watching is, leave some comments about what you like, don’t like and wish that could happen!

 

Check out my previous post for life updates…

 

That’s all for now,
Until Next Time,
XOXO,
Gossip Girl

Aka…… M’lyn