This dream may look outrageous, impossible, even foolish to some—but it’s the only truth I know. I would rather risk everything than live asleep in an illusion. Life keeps showing me the polarity of choices: some act from fear, others from unconditional love. Real people reveal themselves in the fire, not in appearances. My circumstances don’t define me—they only reveal who others choose to be around me. Every act of kindness, every conversation, every witness to my journey reminds me that this dream is not separate from me. This dream is my life. And my life is this dream.