dreams – Heart4kidsadvocacyforum's Blog

**The joy that radiates from Celio’s “Spirit” reflects the essence of his soul expression. He is endowed with the dreams and wishes for his life that “Great Spirit” has gifted him with.**

Dear “Great Spirit”,

We are so blessed to have children in our midst, to remind us of what each of us possess from the time of our birth- “dreams and wishes for our life gifted by thee”. You know what we need to manifest in our life to complete the desires of your heart for our lives. We know that each of us have been created with our own personal spirit-“Wailua”, that holds these dreams and aspirations for the beauty and fulfillment of our life’s purpose. Our “Wailua” is the protector and nurture of these dreams and precious wishes. Children are so uninhibited and authentic in expressing these treasures than we are as adults. “Great Spirit”, today I ask you to ignite in us again not only the recognition that we possess these dreams and wishes for our life, but to stir up our “Wailua” so that we are energized to manifest them into reality.

We understand that we must cultivate an environment where we take the time and energy to act on our dreams and wishes because these elements of our being play a vital part in our “divine identity” and our relationship with thee. We continue to need your support and guidance in fulfilling our divine purpose and these gifts must come to fruition. Surround us with people in our life that will encourage us and support us. Help us to see these dreams in our children so that we can be of not only support to them but to safeguard their dreams and wishes from being tapered with or nullified by a world that is either jealous or indifferent to who they are as children and what they possess to enrich and enhance humanity. Thank you, “Great Spirit”, for all you do for us and for all you have endowed us with. We are blessed! Ashe! Ashe! Amen!

This post was divined by our family movie night when we watched the Disney movie “Wish”. It hit me so hard how important the desires of our heart and soul are and from whence they come. Our dreams, wishes, and aspirations for our life are our divine birthright!

**Celio, like so many of our children today, are keenly aware**
**And sensitive to the conditions of the world they have inherited.**

I know emphatically that the world is nowhere near the “Dream” Dr. King had for our humanity! He was a man that ascribed to the principles of –

Peace

Love-unconditionally without judgment

Compass

Justice

Integrity

Ethics

Righteousness

Inclusion

Equity

“My Brother’s Keeper”

Care for the poor and underrepresented.

He did not expect us to be a world engaged in 23 wars.

He did not expect that there would be 582,000 people in the United States that were homeless living on our city streets.

He didn’t expect that there would be over 1 billion homeless people world wide.

He did not expect Affirmative Action to be dismantled and trampled on when it opened the doors for inclusion of all the disenfranchised to have an opportunity to compete and strive for success in their lives.

He didn’t expect Roe vs Wade to be torn apart and destroyed. He would never dream that women would lose the right to make decisions that impacted their body and health.

He didn’t expect that immigrants in droves would have to leave their homelands to risk their lives to find freedom. shelter, and escape death.

He didn’t expect all the “isms”, entrenched in hatred would infuse itself into every aspect of our humanity and tear it apart.

He didn’t expect our educational systems across this nation would fail our students in developing students that are prepared for the world they have inherited. He did not think that teachers would still be de-valued and not earn a living wage.

He didn’t expect us in this country to still be stuck on providing universal health care for all the citizens in this country.

He never dreamed that we still are fighting for gun reform and that there were 42 mass shootings in the US in 2022. He never dreamed that as a result we would have kids going into schools and killing other kids and educators and consequently many times end up killing themselves.

He never dreamed that in the year 2024 we are still trying to figure out how to accept people’s choice of sexual identity.

He never dreamed that we still have not figured out how to not only cure Cancer but prevent Cancer, but we spin our wheels and finance reaching for the stars and other planets as a priority.

He never dreamed that we would not be fighting Climate control and saving our planet so that we could give our children a sustainable planet to live in.

He never dreamed that families would be in such a dysfunctional state of being that society and its chaos would have more of an influence over our kids and children then parents and the community that is called to be part of a child’s life.

Dr. King’s dream is still alive in the “Spirit World”, and for many of us in the earthly world, we are trying to keep the context, content and fabric of his dream alive in the work that we are doing. We need to take hold of his “Dream” and embellish and expand it to turn this world around till it is back on its axis and the “Dream” becomes a reality- a way of life- a given for our behavior and interactions with one another. We can and we do have the power to put the “Dream” in action. The groundwork was done! The sacrifices were made! It is up to you and me! It is an “US” thing! One challenge at a time!