KARLA TALLAS - SHARED TREASURES THE BACKGROUND STORY | Page 5

us above the surface of the river of life. A river
whose strong current can swallow us whole.
Dreams are most often driven by desire.
Desire can turn dreams into realistic goals.
It will materialize some of them and abandon
others. Desire is an integral part of our existence
from the moment of birth to the moment
of death. It depends on us, how we deal with
desire and whether we can make the most
of it. It is an impulse for us to move forward.
It can slow us down, even stop us, but also take
everything away from us. Hand in hand with
desire we experience passion and strength,
and we abound with hope and faith. Desire can
express itself lovingly and seductively, but even
treacherously and dangerously. We feel unruly
emotions. Apparent perfection has many flaws.
The values gradually disappear, and the stars
enter a phase in which they cannot taste the
beauty that’s still surrounding them. Their souls
lack protection and a home. They survive in
imaginary luxury, dedicated to self-destructive
pleasures. The artistic glow fades, and the stolen
dream is surrounded by mist.
Everybody dreams and, to some extent,
is controlled by their desires. Some dreams
are completely different, while some are similar
in many ways. We pass them on as information
and life experience. We entrust them to each
other, share them and, unfortunately, we also
steal them. Dreams break human boundaries
and set limits at the same time. Dreaming is
beautiful, and in certain phases of life it can hold
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