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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Already did.

Yep

Yes

All of them.