Leaping for the sun

I wrote this a year ago and stumbled across it. The only thing which has changed is that I'm turning the daydreams into realities at a quicker pace than anticipated... As a boy, my mother taught me that no dream is impossible to achieve nor too big to make a reality. Even if I don't succeed, at least my feet will have left the ground, as I attempted to leap for the sun.

Yesterday I told my mother what we would wear to the Oscars when I'm nominated for Best Original Screenplay, or Best Adapted Screenplay. I told her of what we would do before the ceremony, during, and the after party. I spoke of it as a foregone conclusion, even though my first screenplay hasn't exceeded ten pages yet. I know. Some of you are shaking your heads in disbelief, already assured I will fail. Not me. I have too many goals and dreams to not succeed. Not a pocket full of dreams, but a whole damned warehouse. Inside the dream warehouse, there's an ever expanding room of dreams already conquered.

Ten years ago I couldn't have imagined the way my life is going. Even five years ago I couldn't have scripted this existence. Not bragging or boasting, but I get a secret thrill at the fact I can Google myself. Exhilarating.

My projects are expanding, my scope widening, and my resume keeps growing. The reason? I was taught by my Mama to never be scared to be myself. To never settle for the status quo, to not choke on my dreams, and to leap towards the sun in an attempt to snatch it out of the sky. My feet are rarely on the ground anymore.

Hey Ma, go ahead and start planning your outfit and which celebrities you want to meet you. Yeah. Leaping for the sun...