My friend's status message declares authoritatively "Don't just follow your dreams, chase them." A very impactful declaration indeed!
I was told that "there is immense unharnessed 'power of meaning' in words spoken mundanely." If that is true, then I seek to discover the 'power of meaning' that this simple yet impactful statement is so bulgingly pregnant with. Let my friend's insight not pass just as another 'run-of-the-mill' quote, adorning peoples linguistics.
However, before we move any further, it is necessary to understand what is the meaning of a dream. I will define it like this "a dream is a desired state of being". Sometimes, it is a subconscious desire and many a times a desire of the conscious mind. For practical matters, we'll talk about dreams of the conscious mind, for what will you follow when you are not even conscious about its existence?
So what happens when this 'desired state of being' .... being a team leader than being lead by one, being able to travel in luxury, being able to take international vacations, being in the comfort of your desired home...and many more........ is achieved?
I would here diverge a bit and quote the story of the owner of the crystal store from the alchemist: the old Crystal Merchant of Tangier had one dream since his childhood 'to be able to visit Mecca'. However, he still chooses to not to visit Mecca as he is afraid that if his dream is realized, he will have no reason to live !!!
Those who just follow their dream(s) lose their reasons to fight for, to work for, to grow, to become better, once that dream is realized. They enter into a State of Stasis. And Stasis is Death. The dreams are thus not to be followed, but to be chased....and what a perpetual chase it is !!!
The men and women of substance dream, fulfill the dream, and dream bigger every time a dream is achieved. It is about harnessing your hidden potential everyday. It is about exceeding your own expectations everyday. It is about emerging a winner everyday. And, in this quest they become the people who choose destiny to put them on higher pedestals as icons.
I was told that "there is immense unharnessed 'power of meaning' in words spoken mundanely." If that is true, then I seek to discover the 'power of meaning' that this simple yet impactful statement is so bulgingly pregnant with. Let my friend's insight not pass just as another 'run-of-the-mill' quote, adorning peoples linguistics.
However, before we move any further, it is necessary to understand what is the meaning of a dream. I will define it like this "a dream is a desired state of being". Sometimes, it is a subconscious desire and many a times a desire of the conscious mind. For practical matters, we'll talk about dreams of the conscious mind, for what will you follow when you are not even conscious about its existence?
So what happens when this 'desired state of being' .... being a team leader than being lead by one, being able to travel in luxury, being able to take international vacations, being in the comfort of your desired home...and many more........ is achieved?
I would here diverge a bit and quote the story of the owner of the crystal store from the alchemist: the old Crystal Merchant of Tangier had one dream since his childhood 'to be able to visit Mecca'. However, he still chooses to not to visit Mecca as he is afraid that if his dream is realized, he will have no reason to live !!!
Those who just follow their dream(s) lose their reasons to fight for, to work for, to grow, to become better, once that dream is realized. They enter into a State of Stasis. And Stasis is Death. The dreams are thus not to be followed, but to be chased....and what a perpetual chase it is !!!
The men and women of substance dream, fulfill the dream, and dream bigger every time a dream is achieved. It is about harnessing your hidden potential everyday. It is about exceeding your own expectations everyday. It is about emerging a winner everyday. And, in this quest they become the people who choose destiny to put them on higher pedestals as icons.
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