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Andrew Bergman

08 September, 2013

Reflection Paper

Dreams

Dreams.  Ideas and thoughts that are given to us by God so that we may strive to become the best versions of ourselves in this life.  That is my definition of the word dreams.  Unfortunately, dreams are complicated things.  They challenge us in more ways than we could think, and often change throughout our lives.  For some people, dreams do not come to them until late in their life.  I was fortunate enough to be blessed with my dreams early on in life.  One of those dreams, was being admitted to the United States Naval Academy. 

Throughout my childhood, my father always taught me the importance God has in our life.  Growing up in a Catholic family, I went to church every Sunday with them, and grew in my faith.  My father is the first to admit that he is not the best Catholic, but he never once failed to remind me that keeping God in our life, and his teachings is the most important thing above all.  One of these teachings he taught me and my siblings, was that God gave us our dreams.  Our dreams are our gifts from God to do the things he wants us to do on earth.  I have followed this teaching ever since I was a child because I know that the dreams I have is what God wants me to do.