To elaborate on today's quote.
I have dreams.
We all should. They give you so much to look forward to, to keep you sane when you are closer to insanity.
Goals, I have them too.
We set them to give our lives meaning. To know we can achieve something, anything we put our minds to.
But when life doesn’t go the way you planed it, like it usually does what are we to do then? I understand the idea behind the two but I wonder sometimes what’s the use of even having them? Life won’t just give them to you but it will make it harder to get in the same vicinity of them, let alone obtain them. Are they things to make life more bearable? Or could they just be one of life’s cruel jokes? I don’t have the answers but I know I shouldn’t give up on either one.
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Anonymous said...
Perhaps the secret is not in the attaining but in the pursuit. For it is the pursuit that enlivens us and brings meaning to our lives. Perhaps the dreams and the goals are merely the impetus, the catalyst, the thing which sets the real living process in motion. Perhaps...
Oh and happy belated born day to you my dear! The only gift I can give you is my thanks for continuing to inspire me when you give voice to your thoughts and emotions. I'm proud of you!
July 10, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Bahama said...
Thanks so much Onan you don't know what those words mean to me!! :-)
July 15, 2008 at 1:53 PM