I just saw an episode of SGN for the first time. Stephen Spielberg was asked a question I don’t remember or didn’t hear clearly. His answer was about knowing which dreams matter. Some dreams are fleeting and flame out quickly. Others are pie-in-the-sky dreams that are outrageous. The dreams to pay attention to are the ones that stay lit. Burning and burrowing a hole so deep in your psyche that they stay with you and demand your attention.

Pay attention to those dreams he said. Those are the dreams that are worth chasing.

When he said that, I felt a sense of loss. Like somehow, I remember what that felt like. Like I had a dream that I let languish. A fire that I let flame out.

I tried to think of what it could have been. I couldn’t remember. Did I ever have one?