What more are dreams in the world other than people's underlying explanation of existence behind survival? Did cavemen have "dreams" and "aspirations" of things that they wished to become? Probably not, they just cared about surviving and did anything they could to accomplish that task. People today have dreams and things they want to do, though. They make goals for themselves and set out to accomplish those goals, but for what purpose?
Often these goals that people make are a way for them to survive. In this day and age the concept of survival is severely skewed. Survival in America doesn't mean not starving or dying of disease in many cases. In some cases it means becoming social accepted by peers and landing a successful job to support a loving family. Survival is defined differently depending on what the dreams of the people are. If your able to have ambitious dreams, then your rate of survival is most likely higher. The more your life is put in danger, the more you focus on prolonging the length of your existence. If you are not threatened by death you casually live life with hopes and dreams.
The Civil Rights Movement was an act of survival. The blacks wanted to change a social situation because it was beginning to harm their survival rate. This is still evident today in ghetto neighborhoods where deaths still occur in high numbers. A dream emerged out of this need to survive. Black humans of America recognized a threat to their existence and thus set out to fight against it, and ultimately won to an extent. Was it also about equality and wanting fair treatment for everyone? Of course, but that equality stemmed from the fact that it was needed for blacks to prosper in America.
You are technically surviving right now, since you're alive. The human race can be seen in a constant state of survival and growth. We develop technology to prolong our existence and defy the previous devastating effects of nature. We no longer have to worry about dying on any given day to do coincidence or chance to a certain degree. Thus we must give our existence in the world meaning by giving ourselves goals and dreams. We form a reality of the world we live in by how we form our vision of the future.
Not every person dreams of better things. It doesn't make a person stronger to dream or not dream. It may affect their rate of survival. Dreams stem from survival instincts that all humans have. Do not forget that humans are animals, and an animal's primal instinct is to survive. Humans will go through their lives trying to survive as long as possible. That is the basis dreams come from, and the way that the lengthening of human life occurs.
We all form dreams and hope within ourselves in order to give meaning to a life that's true nature is most likely to survive. In this act of surviving we find that our lives are not threatened. In a sense this boredom causes us to reach out in an attempt to discover what other hidden meanings there might be for us to be here. In actuality this hidden meaning may not have ever existed. Perhaps humans are digging deeper and deeper in to the mysteries of life, when nothing at all is at the bottom.
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To me to "survive" is to just get through the day. To "dream" is to strive to reach some level of happiness for myself and others. To live a life worth living, I think a person needs very little prestige or money. Those things can come and go so quickly. But happiness, love, and people to share them with, are all that matters. My opinion, anyway.
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