There is great power in dreaming, in setting goals that stir us at our deepest level, that call out our energies & actions to make so. Our natural, inborn, innate drive to seek, set & secure creative dreams throughout our lifetime, from our first moments to our last, has been minimalized, replaced in most of us by something far less.
Friends have sought to set me right about oldsters & ancients & pursuing dreams. "Older folks are encouraged to dream, to write them down & pursue them - but it's labeled a Bucket List, as in 'things I want to do before I kick the bucket.'"
Our culture has taken the incredible energies that gather around our dreams & recast them as something gloomy, downright UNinspiring. The very name - Bucket List - keeps death, not life, always before us.
It's not just things that call be done. What values drive me in this here & now? What is my vision for my present life that will lead to a satisfying tomorrow? Once those are known, then figure out what what beckons. Lead from the heart, the spirit.
Not a Bucket List - what a woeful branding of a glorious inherent yearning! - but an Honor Roll of Creative Dreamin' !
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