When we fail to dream, we no longer have the urge to strive towards greatness, and our existence becomes the fate of routine.
-Nigel
He was the but of the joke in the last post. Now I bear the brunt of his words. Nigel's post on dreams was most encouraging and well worth a second "slow reading."
He was the but of the joke in the last post. Now I bear the brunt of his words. Nigel's post on dreams was most encouraging and well worth a second "slow reading."
As a chronic dreamer, I have learned that there is a canyon dividing dreams from reality. Most often the dream dies for lack of trying. Because the dreams are so fantastical, we are ignorant of the work it takes to get there.
Yet just because it will be hard work requiring sacrifice does not mean it is a worthless pursuit. On the contrary, if it is too easy to get, you will not apprietiate the having.
Thanks Nigel, I am once again resolved to pursue the dream that is put in my way.
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Dreams. Something in every person pulls them towards the absurd or seemingly impossible. We call these dreams because we liken them to those imaginary memories that haunt us in our sleep. But there is one key difference between the two substances that this word defines. One is last night's faded absurdity and the other is tomorrows possibility. Dreamers take solace. All you need is perseverance.
Perseverance. Dreams. The stuff that greatness is made out of. One of the best (and scariest) parts about dreams is that you can share them. I woul d venture to say that the main reason that a dream never crosses the "canyon" between there and reality is that you feel like you have to go at it alone. Forturnately, God is with you. Even more fortunately, you have friends and a community to go along with you.
So really, all dreaming takes is a bit of courage; a little bit of courage to start and a bit more courage to keep it going.
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