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Are you living the life you dreamed? This was a tough question posed to me after i gave my players a rah rah rah motivational speech before a 4 mile run. After we got back, one of my players pulled me aside and was like coach, is this your dream? and i was like what do you mean. Hes like is this how you planned your life? WHich got me to thinking about Langston Hughes great poem "a dream defered" which I read when I got home. the more I thought about it i would have to say I am living out 90% of the dream. I always wanted to be a pro athlete, but so do most boys, but I got to play college ball, I'm still around sports cause I'm coaching, and I'm teaching. I always planned on coaching from a young age so thats fulfilled. The only things left are to get married, become an athletic director, have some kids and watch my grandkids graduate college. I'm sure more goals will come and I will shoot for them. But I can say that at 26 I am pretty much living the life I dreamed. I still have a little more to do, but I would be very contempt if I died right now knowing I'm at peace with God and myself. What about you are you living the life you dreamed? Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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no, not really! | |
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no! i'm not living the life i dreamed. i'm living something better!
but im thinking that when i come to this site i must be dreaming so yes! i'm living the life i dreamed!  " the embassy shut to keep the fools out " - as above, so below. | |
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sacredwarrior said: no! i'm not living the life i dreamed. i'm living something better!
but im thinking that when i come to this site i must be dreaming so yes! i'm living the life i dreamed! Elaborate! Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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oh and many times i will dream of something only to log onto this site and see y'all r already talkin about it! so yes! im living the life i dreamed!  " the embassy shut to keep the fools out " - as above, so below. | |
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karmatornado said: sacredwarrior said: no! i'm not living the life i dreamed. i'm living something better!
but im thinking that when i come to this site i must be dreaming so yes! i'm living the life i dreamed! Elaborate! i already did! see what i mean? hehe! " the embassy shut to keep the fools out " - as above, so below. | |
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Are you speaking in the metaphysical sense, in the freudian sense, or in a real world sense? Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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OH u mean how is my life better than what i dreamed?
OK well when i was the dreamin kind i dreamed of being really rich and really famous a whole bucnh of totally programmed stuff and i dreamed of living in a big house made of the finest things and being in love with someone who knew all about every which way to make me happy! MY LIFE IS BETTER THAN THAT because im far happier and more content and more FREE not being famous and not being rich because it made me appreciate all the very simple things in life andenabled me to hone in on what it is really like to fall in love with having VERY LITTLE and smell flowers and go out and be FREE and the love i have found in my son is better than someone just loving me wildly all the time becuz it teaches me patience and kindness and unconditional love it tests me every day and i much prefer it to being spoiled because being spoiled would make my spirit sluggish and complacent! i love the very very small home i live in and i love every single bite of the very little very healthy food we eat and i love not knowing what to do with my money and i love it when suddenly i have lots of it for no reason and still dont know how to spend it! so i think of buying presents for my friends and i do! like yesterday i bought my mother some new suede cushions for her couch and i got my son a new cd player for his birthday and wrapped it in red shiny paper it looks like a big box of LOVE and i got him the super duper biggest card EVER and the whole experience was the HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY! i could go on.. " the embassy shut to keep the fools out " - as above, so below. | |
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i could go on.. [/quote]
Go ahead and do so. This is intellectually stimulating. Which is why I posted this topic in the first place. To expand the mind! Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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I'm not sure I really had 'dreams' about my life. I always just sort of went with the flow. I never really knew what I wanted to do. Still don't.
But I'm quite happy with my life. If I died tomorrow and had even a moment to reflect, I'd be content. |
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CarrieMpls said: I'm not sure I really had 'dreams' about my life. I always just sort of went with the flow. I never really knew what I wanted to do. Still don't.
But I'm quite happy with my life. If I died tomorrow and had even a moment to reflect, I'd be content. The fact that you are going with the flow, is in and off itself very dream like. glad you'd be happy. If you died today happy, usually is a good sign that you lived your life the way you wanted to...you lived the dream! Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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Not at the moment, no. I still live at home and am working two minimum wage jobs. I have no idea what I want to do with my life, I just feel like I haven't really done anything since I graduated high school. I briefly went to community college but decided the program I took wasn't for me at all. Graduating is supposed to be the beginning of a new chapter in life, but everything's the same now excpet that I don't have homework anymore.
What would I like to do with my life? All I know so far is that I want to travel as much as possible and to as many places as possible. I do travel a bit, but even with having been in Europe for a month and a half, after having been home for a month I'm already feeling stifled and restless. Trapped. I need to go somewhere, I know that much. I know that 21 is young to be worried about being stuck in a rut, but it's a bit disconcerting to not have one friggin' clue what I want to do with my life. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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karmatornado said: i could go on..
Go ahead and do so. This is intellectually stimulating. Which is why I posted this topic in the first place. To expand the mind![/quote] i lost intrest sorry  i think im gettin tired." the embassy shut to keep the fools out " - as above, so below. | |
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Not exactly, but I'd love it! | |
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lost intrest sorry i think im gettin tired.[/quote]
Sleep will allow you to visualize and reach the dream! Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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. I need to go somewhere, I know that much.
If you can believe, you can achieve. As cliche and corny as that sounds its true. 21 for me was only 5 years ago, I graduated college at 22! So just think at this point in time at 26 you will be a different person. I find myself truly evolving once every 3 to 4 years. Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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karmatornado said: lost intrest sorry
i think im gettin tired.Sleep will allow you to visualize and reach the dream![/quote] OK i got a second wind... and im here ot tell ya there's something els the afterworld a world of never ending happiness where u can always see the sun day or night THATS WHERE I LIVE and it AINT NO DREAM you see Heaven is REAL and its all in the MIND and when u get there u will find that dreams are for dreamers and LIVIN is for LIVERS so clean out your liver and u will get to be as healthy as me and FREE UR MIND BABY and when u do u will understand the MSTER PLAN is all about BEING AS AWAKE AS U CAN BE evevr moment of the day ever since u went away ( paul mcarntney song there ehehe ) i got that album whats it called um.....the coming up album LIKE A FLOWER COMING UP I SAY . OOO!!!
thats what its ALL ABOUT we can work it out lets dance and shout SHAKE UR BODY DOWN TO THE GROUND! cuz baby you all headed to the world Im livin in gotta be clean of SIN and pure in your heart and mind and BODY so EAT RIGHT and DELITE cuz the GROOVE IS IN UR HEART the thrills up my backbone satisfaction when we're done! I COULDNT DANCE FOR ANOTHER BUT GOD FIRST PRINCE SECOND NO ONE ELSE REALLY GETS MY ATTENTION....for long  so while u got it listen ot what i gots ta say baby there's no other way to live your life than BEING WIDE AWAKE IN EVERY SINGLE MOMENT U CAN rest when ur tired eat when ur hungry drink when ur thirsty and really feel the LOVE come alive in your HEART and CLARITY come alive in your mind..... me love u long time!!!!! 
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Wow you are pretty fired up arent you! Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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im not in bagdad getting dismembered so
while not the life i dreamed, it could be worse | |
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shausler said: im not in bagdad getting dismembered so
while not the life i dreamed, it could be worse Amen that is absolutely alright! Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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No, I'm not. I'm okay with where I am but it's not where I thought I would be, I have a lot to do... I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Not even close, but you have to be ok with having your hopes and dreams crushed. That's life.  | |
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but you have to be ok with having your hopes and dreams crushed. That's life. [/quote]
YEs it is life, but it seems to be a pessimisitic view, you can either accept failure as an option, or use failure as fuel. Failure and Fear are two things that fuel my fire, that keep me driven, that make me seek God, that make me attain goals, and that keeps me humble. Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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learning how
to make peace with ones self with ones lot in life mastering this tecnique can be a dream worthy experience | |
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CarrieMpls said: I'm not sure I really had 'dreams' about my life. I always just sort of went with the flow. I never really knew what I wanted to do. Still don't.
But I'm quite happy with my life. If I died tomorrow and had even a moment to reflect, I'd be content. I have always been the same but current situations in mylife have forced me to take a look at what I want and what I need for my life. That has been difficult for me. It was much easier to drift through life and worry about everyone else's needs. I think a big part of why I never let myself dream of what I wanted is the fear of getting my hopes up and then not getting what I wanted. Kind of explains why I never window shop.... | |
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to make peace with ones self with ones lot in life mastering this tecnique can be a dream worthy experience A more positive philosophy than some of the afforementioned. I dig Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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I always just sort of went with the flow. I never really knew what I wanted to do.
totally can relate. I always wanted the "dream job" ... when i thought i found it .... i realized that --- hey ... it isnt the dream job after all !!! I am doing some things i have dreamed OF ... but .... the $$$$$ part of the whole thing ... just isnt really working out the way i dreamed .... so .... at 40+ ... i would say .... no i am not living the life i dreamed .... yet ...  | |
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shanti0608 said: CarrieMpls said: I'm not sure I really had 'dreams' about my life. I always just sort of went with the flow. I never really knew what I wanted to do. Still don't.
But I'm quite happy with my life. If I died tomorrow and had even a moment to reflect, I'd be content. I have always been the same but current situations in mylife have forced me to take a look at what I want and what I need for my life. That has been difficult for me. It was much easier to drift through life and worry about everyone else's needs. I think a big part of why I never let myself dream of what I wanted is the fear of getting my hopes up and then not getting what I wanted. Kind of explains why I never window shop....  I can relate. | |
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I think a big part of why I never let myself dream of what I wanted is the fear of getting my hopes up and then not getting what I wanted.
Even achieving a piece of the dream while giving it all you have is rewarding. At least you garnered a piece of the dream. I suggest you all read the Langston Hughes Poem "What happens to a dream deferred". Excellent, timely, philosophical, real life, inspirational! Carpenters bend wood, fletchers bend arrows, wise men fashion themselves.
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