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I don't think people ever forget their dreams. They always remember them, but just move in the direction that is expected of them, and never actually implement
by maxklein 18y ago
I don't think people ever forget their dreams. They always remember them, but just move in the direction that is expected of them, and never actually implement their dreams. But they don't forget.
Something I recently realised is this - this is it! Where I live, what I am doing, who my friends are - this is my life! This is not a temporary stop while I figure out how to make millions, after which I will actually start living, no, it already started and I'm a part of it.
Waiting may take longer than I expect, so I better enjoy the wait as much as I well can. That's why I'm not giving up my life to create a startup. Rather, I'll enjoy things as they come every day, and dedicate an appropriate amount of time towards realising my dreams. If the dreams never work out, it really is not that bad, because I enjoyed the time right up until then.
- dhimes 18y agoYou've learned the message of Buddha and Pink Floyd well.
- mrtron 18y agoRegardless of your personal thoughts on religion or music, those two messages resonate with almost everyone. edit: From Wish you were here: 'We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year | Running over the same old ground | What have you found? The same old fears.'
- mwmanning 18y agoI assumed he was referencing 'Time' from Dark Side of the Moon: "And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"
- dhimes 18y agoYes, that's the line.
- euccastro 18y agoKinda related and a bit more pithy is John Lennon's one from Beautiful Boy: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
- rms 18y agomore from Lennon: Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one
- rms 18y ago0 points for the greatest song of all time? and it's about dreams! a particular dream.
- cousin_it 18y agoFor some reason the previous lines resonate with me better. Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
- maxklein 18y agoThis is why self help books keep selling. Because we keep hearing the same wisdom over and over again, but we just do not _understand_ it. All these simple fortune cookie wisdoms, they mean nothing when you read them casually. But when something big happens to you and you really _understand_ what is meant, then it's like opening a new door and discovering magic behind it. I finally get it. It may be stupid to everyone else, it may be obvious, but only now do I really really understand what is meant, and only now have I been able to apply what I learnt to make a fair amount of money and be happy while doing it.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoyea, it is hard to stop finger gazing and bask in the moonlight. it is also very hard to give up the belief in the Great Reward (Tao of Pooh fans?)
- nazgulnarsil 18y agoself-help books are generally watered down philosophy. instead of presenting the arguments of different philosophers, the author tells you that this one works and to do it. people don't like choice, so they buy a guide they can follow rather than a text they have to think about.
- rbanffy 18y agoSelf help books sell well because they tell people whose lives are not all right that it is all right, that it's really not their fault and that, if they really want it, they can still fix them. People want hope. In a time when religious belief looks suspiciously like superstition (which it is) some people crave for tools to deceive themselves that do not involve burning bushes or flying zombies (a thought curiously appropriate today).
- johnyzee 18y agoKierkegaard nailed this long ago, when he said that everything is subjective, and that no wisdom can be transferred from one person to another, except through directly living and experiencing it. (Kierkegaard wanted his gravestone to say 'A person', because after all, who would understand what Kierkegaard was anyway.)
- bkovitz 18y agoReally interesting comment about realizing that right now is your real life. I also spent years in that mode of "this is just a temporary thing while I get enough money to do what I really want." A couple years ago, I had the same realization: that what I'm doing right now is my real life: the dumb conversation I'm having with my ex-gf, the boring Java code I'm writing at my day job, the hurry-up-and-pay-bills-and-answer-email-and-clean-the-kitchen rush in the morning. Now I appreciate that stuff better, but I'm also spending most of my time implementing the dreams, and recognizing that the act of implementing--clumsy and distracted and imperfect as it is--is sheer ecstasy. I'm not waiting for the future anymore. I've had only a few tangible results so far, but wow life is way better right now.