Yep, I had to be honest with myself about whether they were feasible or if I was only hurting myself by holding on to hope.

A long time ago. Now all I dream about is a bigger van by a bigger river.

Yes, the ones for me

I dream for others now

Nope. I take them off the shelf and dust them off to admire them.

there are a couple of them that make me smile when I think of how naive I was at the time I had them.

and a couple of them are still hopes.

Who hasn't? We can't spend our entire lives asleep. Sooner or later we gotta wake up and realize some things weren't as they seemed

When I came to the conclusion I'd never be a professional ball player, I altered my dreams to be more realistic, so yes & no.

I don’t know if I let go of them so much as I outgrew them or had to choose between priorities that went in different directions

yep. after a few Hard-hitting reality checks
I don't even have actual dreams anymore,
muchless metaphorical dreams

I've got a thin string still attached to them, if it snapped I don't think I'd notice

Don't have dreams. Certain ambitions I do have. I don't let those go.

Already did.

All of them.

Yep

Yes