I miss that feeling you get when you are running after something, something worthwhile. A dream, a goal, a desire. You are fluid, like wind as you chase it, you can almost touch it, just barely out of reach.
It is like bleary eyes at 3 am as you read one article after another, site after site and the world just opens up to you and it is awesome.
It is like standing on the edge of a mountain staring down at the view around you and it is literally breathtaking.
It is like seeing someone familiar in a crowd and running to catch up to them.
It is the feeling you get after going running, exhilarating, thrilling, intoxicating.
It is like chasing a dream.
Taking the YOU who you are now, and the you that you so desire to be and meshing them together into a reality.
It is so hard.
It is like a picture that eludes you, an image of colorful twirling scarves and the woman who controls them.
Spread your arms out wide. And spin.
Just spin until you get dizzy and fall down. Did you ever make a 'cupcake' when you were little, with a puffy dress? Such fun.
Sometimes you just want to take a life-changing-all-encompassing-never-look-back leap. Just change your life around instantly. Live the life you want, BE the person you want to be, emulate your role models and the awesome people of this world.
Tweak you character here, change that there, and voila you are who you want to be.
But we don't live in a computer. You can't build your dream life like you can do in build a bear, or design your own avatar.
So WHO do you want to be?
Not the lady next door, not the famous people on the news, the coolest person you can think of. The problem is, you will never be any of those people. You will only ever be YOU.
Maybe you can incorporate a little of some or all of those people.
Who. Do. You. Aspire. To. Be Like?
Where is your life going, what are your dreams? Are they elusive like the wind?
Run. Leap. Grab. "You may never land on the moon, but you will fall among the stars".
Lesson to self: don't let life pass you by with regrets. This is not about having to explain to your kids why you never fulfilled your dreams, although they might ask you that. This is not about giving an accounting to your parents, your spouse, your boss.
The only person your life will ever really matter to is YOU.
Don't be a dream chaser. Be a dream catcher.
Great post.
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As long as one is rooted in reality and constantly sees the thing being chased with awe..and appreciation..and not as a given and expected.
Too true. What if one sees the thing being chased as an impossibility and something unlikely to ever be obtained? Be realistic, yes. But dream a little.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post, and while I agree in theory, in practicality it isn't so easy. But you already know how I feel on the subject, don't you? ;)
ReplyDelete:) Yup. Thanks. Of course it's not easy, but that is the point of this post. To remind you that it is still POSSIBLE.
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