When to give up on your life long dream.
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Enmos
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lol To be honest I have no life-long dreams.
I've felt, and other people have remarked that I am relatively unique and gifted in having possessed and pursued a passion since my childhood. I have been an "amateur" aviator all of my life, in the truest sense of the word, as in "one who loves". This has not made things easy, but it has made me more persistent.
A life-long dream is no guarantor of fulfillment, but it is an effective motivator to press on when most others give up under similar circumstances. I'm presently at another frustrating crossroads in life, where the way forward is difficult to discern, in terms of following my own dreams. Still I unhesitatingly clicked never give up on your life long dream because I am certain that purpose is essential to a meaningful, satisfying life. I'd prefer even an impossible dream to no dream at all.
The challenges confronting any individual life's purpose are hardly unique. But how we each respond to challenges and trials does make all the difference, and I believe our responses are infinitely more effective when they are goal-oriented. Without a dream, and without passionate personal goals guiding our decisions, we are left at the mercy of circumstance, and other peoples' choices.
Lacking a dream, or a future personhood to seek ahead, I would set immediately about finding one. Lacking purpose, I seriously doubt that the greater rewards in life can fall to hand. I'm learning that those greatest rewards really don't lie at the ultimate destination, but along the journey. I'm also learning right now that when I am enduring hardships it is the best and most important time to refine and not discard my life's dream.
When I consider my greatest mistakes and what they teach, the common factor underlying them all is losing sight of my dreams, and forgetting the vision of what I seek to become. Lacking a purpose or goal, our lives tend to get bent around into circles. But with a cherished dream in mind, we can cover new (if rough) ground, and do things that others consider high achievement, and accomplish things that others may assume is produced from some unique, secret inner power- which I don't believe is true at all. It's really just the difference between going places and wandering.
A life-long dream is no guarantor of fulfillment, but it is an effective motivator to press on when most others give up under similar circumstances. I'm presently at another frustrating crossroads in life, where the way forward is difficult to discern, in terms of following my own dreams. Still I unhesitatingly clicked never give up on your life long dream because I am certain that purpose is essential to a meaningful, satisfying life. I'd prefer even an impossible dream to no dream at all.
The challenges confronting any individual life's purpose are hardly unique. But how we each respond to challenges and trials does make all the difference, and I believe our responses are infinitely more effective when they are goal-oriented. Without a dream, and without passionate personal goals guiding our decisions, we are left at the mercy of circumstance, and other peoples' choices.
Lacking a dream, or a future personhood to seek ahead, I would set immediately about finding one. Lacking purpose, I seriously doubt that the greater rewards in life can fall to hand. I'm learning that those greatest rewards really don't lie at the ultimate destination, but along the journey. I'm also learning right now that when I am enduring hardships it is the best and most important time to refine and not discard my life's dream.
When I consider my greatest mistakes and what they teach, the common factor underlying them all is losing sight of my dreams, and forgetting the vision of what I seek to become. Lacking a purpose or goal, our lives tend to get bent around into circles. But with a cherished dream in mind, we can cover new (if rough) ground, and do things that others consider high achievement, and accomplish things that others may assume is produced from some unique, secret inner power- which I don't believe is true at all. It's really just the difference between going places and wandering.
Is it?
Enmos
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Uh.. yea. If you die you will never ever in all of eternity live again.
Enmos
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You should give up your life long dream when..:bugeyeMG .
lol what's wrong ?
Enmos
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Enmos
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But, you might also cease to be dead at some point
How ? Ceasing to be dead equals returning to life.
Me either, there are enough ppl running around with their heads in the clouds as it is.
Thats lame..ohh well to each his/her own. 