“Geese have dreams.” What an unusual presumption. But, that is exactly what Inge said to Olaf, her husband-to-be when he was consumed with work, yet, without vision. In the movie, Sweet Land, Olaf, a hard-working and pragmatic man could not comprehend a bird having dreams. To him, geese simply get the call to fly south and obey the call to do so.
That was a deal-breaker for Inge, of German heritage who fled her country with improper documentation, post-World War I to settle in this rural Minnesota community in hopes of building a future.
Olaf, seeing the pain and conviction in the strong-willed and courageous Inge, could not help but hear her cry and understand her anguish. He verbalized, “Geese have dreams.”
May you work hard AND follow your dreams.