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Today's
quotation:
The tragedy of
life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies
in having no goal to reach. It
isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled,
but it is a calamity not to dream. . . . It is not a disgrace not
to reach the stars,
but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but
low aim is sin.
Benjamin Elijah
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Today's
Meditation:
Life was
made for dreaming, wasn't it? Somehow, the human
mind does wonderful things when we allow it to dream, to
envision futures that are better, to think of things that
may not be now, but that could be. We all have
dreams, and one of the major differences between people is
that some of us pursue our dreams, while others of us lock
them in a closet and don't let them out because we think
it's a waste of time to "chase" our dreams.
We've
been given dreams for a reason, I believe, and that reason
is not just to tease us or make us feel bad because our
life doesn't resemble our dreams. I believe that the
reason is that our dreams give us an idea of what our
lives could be if we were to decide to work towards making
the dreams come true. Because if we weren't to
pursue the dreams and try to make our lives more
fulfilling, more positive, then what do our lives become?
Our
dreams don't need to be the sole focus of our lives-- many
of us find pleasure and fulfillment in work that isn't
necessarily work that we've dreamed about our whole
lives. Our dreams can be something that we pursue
outside of work, and many people's do so. We can
contribute greatly to the world through our work, and we
can contribute to our own fulfillment and happiness
through the pursuit of our dreams. Finding a balance
between the two can be a challenge, but it's usually
possible.
Not
all dreams will come true, of course. Sometimes,
though, the journey towards the fulfillment of the dream
is more important than the actual fulfillment of the dream
itself. We can learn a great deal about ourselves
and life while we pursue dreams, and even if we don't
reach that dream, we've learned a lot that we can use in
our next pursuit.
What
dreams would you like to pursue? They can be as
simple as living in a certain place or as complicated as
writing a trilogy of novels; as exciting as traveling to
remote places or as "mundane" as having a safe,
comfortable place to live. No matter what your
dreams, they're worth considering, and they're worth
pursuing, as they can add a purpose to your life that
might not have been there yesterday, before you took a
good hard look at your dreams.
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