My dreams have kept happening up to this very moment. They are unfolding so to speak. They are basically a living reality for me. All the things I ever needed or wanted happened and maybe now it is not a dream any longer, but a living reality.
Each of us has a dream as big as the world, yet most of my dreams were as simple as wanting an apple. I was raised not to ask nor to beg, but to claim the things I wanted in life.
One instance I clearly can remember when I was still a teenager, I was watching the southern night sky while riding on a bus on my way home. I looked up to the southern part of the sky and saw stars that marked the location of Australia - the southern cross. I confidently spoke within my mind and said, "One day I will be visiting Australia!" My wish materialized a few years later. Since then I have visited Australia three times. My air ticket was free, courtesy of Qantas Airways, due to being one of their hard working interns during the early '90's.
I have had quite a number of dreams related to ambitions and desires, which came into being. They were not much different from other people’s dreams, because I believe that we all have the same desires and hopes, we just express them differently and at different times.
Another dream that came into being was when I was watching a local TV show that had my favourite actress as a guest. I stood up from my seat and stepped forward a little closer to the TV monitor and said to myself, "We will get the chance to see each other in person and talk", which happened during my intern year in the airline. That very same actress approached me asking questions regarding some airline matters. We had quite an interesting conversation for a moment. This happened on her departure and again on arrival when she came to look for me at the passenger terminal. It was something unbelievable! I was thrilled! I was thankful.
One more interestingly strange, but breathtaking, dream that came true was during my college days when I was just eighteen years old. I had a dream of going to America. I am originally from the Philippines, South-East Asia. I made a plan to visit the US Embassy in order to submit my application with the strong intention of getting there. Actually, I had nothing to show, except the very application form. I had no supporting documents with me to prove my capability to travel. As a result, I was denied entry twice. It was on a second occasion outside of the US Embassy when I stood up and spoke calmly but confidently within myself, "I will come back on the third time and you will give me an entry visa", then I left.
I allowed a few months to pass and later I returned to the US Embassy under the same condition - no supporting papers just the same application form and wearing only t-shirt and jeans. I waited in a queue inside a huge waiting hall for my number to be called for scheduling an interview with the embassy officials two months ahead. Basically, all the people inside that room had nothing with them except application forms. That particular line was exclusively for scheduling only. Then, suddenly from the room where application forms were being received one man with a tie came out with a megaphone loudly asking if there was anyone in the room, who wanted to be interviewed right away. I immediately raised my hand. Then I looked around and noticed that I was the only one to show an interest. There were more than three hundred people in that hall and yet I was the only one to raise my hand. The guy holding the megaphone asked me to come over, which I did. Next he asked to see my papers. I gave him my application form and followed him inside his office. I asked if he needed anything other than the form. He told me that he did not need anything else. I was asked to wait at the window while he looked at my application form. The following moment he stamped it, gave me a blue slip and wished me a happy trip. I was absolutely amazed with what was happening. I could not believe my own eyes. It was equal to magic! Getting an entry visa for the US was one of the toughest things to undertake under normal circumstances. Rich and famous alike sometimes get turned down. And here I was granted an opportunity to receive this wonderful gift, which I will cherish always.
Here is what I have to say to you who dream and yet doubt, - claim it as if it already belongs to you. But make sure that it is exactly what you really want!
Anthony A. D'Jesus
D' Jesus Enterprises
San Francisco, CA USA
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