Dreams, deferred - by Ashley Zhang

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Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire — Desolation (1836) Dear friend, Often, when I look in the mirror, all I see are unrealized dreams. To an extent, they are how I define my life. For every completed project, I see the dozens I let wither; for every success, I see the manifold failures that preceded it. Maybe this is just how life works, but it’s difficult for me to accept this as ordinary — or even, perhaps, okay. Deep down, I feel incurably delusional, a quixotic dreamer who spends more time basking in grand visions than turning them into reality. Once, when a former lover asked me where…

Dreams, deferred - by Ashley Zhang

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