We only live once, right? But people are busy living a tight-rope balancing-act life, between what they must do, and what they dream of doing. What about the middle ground?
Where is the point at which we come to understand that a dream is perhaps not as attainable as we once thought, yet the day to day obligations of life are not enough to basically sustain me; so, instead, I choose to live life (not dreams, not fantasy) to the fullest, by taking hold of what I know I realistically can grasp with both hands, not brush against the outstretched fingertips of a flailing hand.
We waste our time listening to other people, and barking up the wrong trees. We hold on to things we know may not be possible, and people think that's living. We let others dictate our lives by saying "I don't approve" or "That's just a waste". Who are they to lay out the course of your life? We chase false hope given to us by others (other flawed people like ourselves).
But most of all, we chase our dreams like chasing tails, and like a dog chasing cars on the street, I don't think most of us would know what to do if we caught one. You know, about the impossible... I just don't think so... I don't think holding on to impossible dreams is the way to live. Some people think that holding on to that one shred of hope on something that "may or may not happen" is the way to go, and I get that. I understand that, and more often than not, I've lived that.
It's good to be a dreamer, but there comes a point in time when the dreamer has to realize that he lives in reality, and another day has come to pass while the dream world has come and gone and cast off another iota of an aching mind and heart to the past.
In otherwords, there has to be a point at which we say "I am worth more than waiting on a dream that may never happen." -- We must leave this child-like wishful thinking behind, and move forward with a life lived to the fullest in-the-now. A life in which we should grab what we want by the horns, being there in front of us (not of a dream or a wish, but tangible wants and needs), hold on with full confidence, and if life bucks me off, sure: I will get back up; but... There is a limit.
A limit to how many times I will fall to the ground and be pushed back or held down by a driven need to reach an impossible task. At which point we get up, we do not fail, but we walk away! And move on to more tangible things.
People say... strive for your dreams, do they not? I say, attempt your dreams, but know what is realistic. Wasting your time on fanciful imagination will end you up in late life wondering "Where did I go wrong?" -- Life is only what you make of it. God did not make you heart alone, or body alone, or mind alone, or spirit alone. To follow any one thing without considering the others, is insanity. To do the same repetitive task in the same manner toward the same goal but expecting a different result, is a definition of insanity!
Am I saying "Don't dream, wish, and hope; ever"?
No.
I'm saying... that living in the future? Is just as bad as living in the past. Because life passes you by in the present. What's that they say... "now" is a gift, that's why it's called the present? Repugnantly cliche, but truthful.
Where is the point at which we come to understand that a dream is perhaps not as attainable as we once thought, yet the day to day obligations of life are not enough to basically sustain me; so, instead, I choose to live life (not dreams, not fantasy) to the fullest, by taking hold of what I know I realistically can grasp with both hands, not brush against the outstretched fingertips of a flailing hand.
We waste our time listening to other people, and barking up the wrong trees. We hold on to things we know may not be possible, and people think that's living. We let others dictate our lives by saying "I don't approve" or "That's just a waste". Who are they to lay out the course of your life? We chase false hope given to us by others (other flawed people like ourselves).
But most of all, we chase our dreams like chasing tails, and like a dog chasing cars on the street, I don't think most of us would know what to do if we caught one. You know, about the impossible... I just don't think so... I don't think holding on to impossible dreams is the way to live. Some people think that holding on to that one shred of hope on something that "may or may not happen" is the way to go, and I get that. I understand that, and more often than not, I've lived that.
It's good to be a dreamer, but there comes a point in time when the dreamer has to realize that he lives in reality, and another day has come to pass while the dream world has come and gone and cast off another iota of an aching mind and heart to the past.
In otherwords, there has to be a point at which we say "I am worth more than waiting on a dream that may never happen." -- We must leave this child-like wishful thinking behind, and move forward with a life lived to the fullest in-the-now. A life in which we should grab what we want by the horns, being there in front of us (not of a dream or a wish, but tangible wants and needs), hold on with full confidence, and if life bucks me off, sure: I will get back up; but... There is a limit.
A limit to how many times I will fall to the ground and be pushed back or held down by a driven need to reach an impossible task. At which point we get up, we do not fail, but we walk away! And move on to more tangible things.
People say... strive for your dreams, do they not? I say, attempt your dreams, but know what is realistic. Wasting your time on fanciful imagination will end you up in late life wondering "Where did I go wrong?" -- Life is only what you make of it. God did not make you heart alone, or body alone, or mind alone, or spirit alone. To follow any one thing without considering the others, is insanity. To do the same repetitive task in the same manner toward the same goal but expecting a different result, is a definition of insanity!
Am I saying "Don't dream, wish, and hope; ever"?
No.
I'm saying... that living in the future? Is just as bad as living in the past. Because life passes you by in the present. What's that they say... "now" is a gift, that's why it's called the present? Repugnantly cliche, but truthful.
