Virtual Certificate Conferring the Right to Daydream and the Joy of Dreaming.

This certificate attests that you are a lifelong member of the UNIVERSAL SOCIETY OF DREAMERS.

This privilege grants every member, forever, the following rights: to daydream through poetry or through love. To dream or daydream anywhere without having to justify it (without putting the lives of others at risk). To daydream as never before, simply for the pleasure of it. To hope each day to have the dream of a lifetime. To dream like a child, or because you are one. To tell your dreams upon waking or at any other time of day. To nourish your dreams through children’s eyes. To dream in order to make people laugh. To dream for the advancement of the sciences, the arts, and humanity, in a sporting or poetic spirit, or out of humanitarian awareness. To dream to bring forth gentle tears. To think about your dreams during the day. Not to rack your brains if you cannot make sense of them; simply daydream about them. To appreciate being able to remember your dreams. To respect your right to dream, as well as your right to daydream. To respect that same right in others. To dream while playing. To regard most of your dreams as cradled in light.

But the holder of this certificate also has a duty: not to shatter the dreams of others. To listen to others describe their dreams. To remember that dreams can also help us escape nightmares or their sources, or help us find a way to face them. To give the impression of leaving traces of dreams behind, like the fragrance of flowers. To leave those who have forgotten their dreams upon waking with a hint of sadness, then smile at them discreetly. To retain the humility of little dreamers. To greet discreetly, with a glance, someone lost in a daydream. To affirm the undeniable right to dream like a child.

Granted today!

Members must never forget our motto: “...if a dream is a light, daydreaming is a night-light.” The Universal Society of Dreamers authorises you to offer this certificate to any other dreamer you meet in a waking dream, or to a dreamer close to you.

This certificate may also be given to someone you have dreamed about or to someone who has told you that they dreamed about you.

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