Manifesting Our Dreams

"Dreams grow holy put in action, 
Work grows fair through starry dreaming; 
But when each flows on unmingling, 
Both are fruitless and in vain. 
May the stars within this gleaming, 
Cause my dreams to be unchained." 
   ___ Caitlin Matthews, Celtic Devotional 


  We live in a world where the divorce of dreams and their practical implementation is
almost complete. How can we weave the two worlds of dreaming and working together?
By attending first to our dreams and visions, and by allowing a space to appreciate and
develop them. Unless we take steps, our dreams fall barren into rocky soil of our
unconceiving imagination. Dreams will not manifest without our active help, or
without the energizing grace of the spirit. And while that grace is generously available
to us, it will not accomplish our dreams without our hard work.
   When our dreams manifest through this process, the whole world is recreated in
that moment, for we have been cooperators in the work of creation, not merely passive
creatures who crawl upon the earth. It is then that the stars dance where we step and
the song of joy issues from our spiritual allies, for we have made holy the daily ground
of our working.

Before sleeping, hold your inspired plans and visions in your heart as you recite
this prayer above. Be attentive in the days that follow to the clues and pathways 
that open to your dreaming. 
[From: The Celtic Spirit by Caitlin Mattews]