i have a dream........

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I have a dream. 'So what?', most of you might think and brush me aside, saying that 'everybody has dreams while sleeping'. Wait, wait my friend. There is a difference. Not one, but two. First, we see dreams when we are asleep, and that too we do not see the same dream again and again for a long time. But I see this dream mostly when I am awake; and I see it again and again for a long period now (and, I want, so dearly, to see it umpteen times). Secondly. some of our dreams naturally become true (at least for some of us), and some of our other dreams we work hard and attain. But in my case, I see this dream again and again, and I like to see it again again, fully knowing this dream can never come true and will never materialize, however hard and sincere I struggle for it. God Bless, I have education; I had positions; I earned money; I have family; and I have friends and a social life. But, on top of all that, or, in spite of all the achievements I had/have, this dream lingers. I cherish it. I desire it. Today, you might laugh at me by reading about my dream; but I am sure, one day you too will dream, like me; and will, at the end of the dream, be disappointed. Like myself. Well, my friend, in this dream, I wish and visualize putting my shorts, wearing my school uniform and throwing my school bag over my shoulder,again,I want to go and sit in my school primary classes. I want to be back again to those days of laughing, shouting, running, playing, mischief, butterflies.... I want to go, at least once again, to my early boyhood and my school days. No tensions, no serious responsibilities, no hurrying, no sleepless nights... Above everything, I want to start studying with more attention to my teachers and my lessons, I want to take my education a bit more seriously than I did in the past, so that I can reach a better position, and I can have a better life..... Oh God, will I ever get a chance again, there? Now, you might put aside my dream, thinking about myself as 'crazy'. But my dear friend, to realize and cherish the beauty, the loveliness, the colorfulness, the glow, the warmth and the importance of our childhood and our early school days, you have to cross 60. Yes, I am 64.