Setting goals and having dreams
An important part of FlameKeeping is seeking to improve the Universe. But that takes small steps as well as large goals, or nothing is ever done.
What goals you pick are up to you. How you pick them, however, is in part a religious matter. FlameKeeping is not a path for those who dream only, but a path for those who dream and then act.
Dreams are singularly useless when not put into action. I can dream of a world without hunger, but if all I do is dream, the dream is useless. There must be concrete goals attached to the dream as well, goals that are actually attainable. Things like working for a food bank are concrete. Finding ways to make a food bank more efficient at the same time is better. Or perhaps one would go into political work and seek to address the causes of hunger, or create a charity that helps grow food specifically for the poor. There are many ways to deal with hunger. Simply sitting and dreaming about it, however, does nothing. Nor does deciding the system is broken and then refusing to act.
Our dreams need to be out of reach to make us strive for them. A world without dreams to reach for is dead. But we must also find concrete ways to make our goals come true. If we do nothing, then we know the Universe will not be improved. We may make a mess if we try, but then we can clean it up as best we can. What is certain is that if we do nothing, nothing will happen at all.
There is no leaving the system.
Questions:
What do you think needs improvement most? How do you work on it?
Are there things you think need improvement but you refuse to act on? Why?
Can you distinguish between your dreams and your goals? Are they set too high? too low?
What goals you pick are up to you. How you pick them, however, is in part a religious matter. FlameKeeping is not a path for those who dream only, but a path for those who dream and then act.
Dreams are singularly useless when not put into action. I can dream of a world without hunger, but if all I do is dream, the dream is useless. There must be concrete goals attached to the dream as well, goals that are actually attainable. Things like working for a food bank are concrete. Finding ways to make a food bank more efficient at the same time is better. Or perhaps one would go into political work and seek to address the causes of hunger, or create a charity that helps grow food specifically for the poor. There are many ways to deal with hunger. Simply sitting and dreaming about it, however, does nothing. Nor does deciding the system is broken and then refusing to act.
Our dreams need to be out of reach to make us strive for them. A world without dreams to reach for is dead. But we must also find concrete ways to make our goals come true. If we do nothing, then we know the Universe will not be improved. We may make a mess if we try, but then we can clean it up as best we can. What is certain is that if we do nothing, nothing will happen at all.
There is no leaving the system.
Questions:
What do you think needs improvement most? How do you work on it?
Are there things you think need improvement but you refuse to act on? Why?
Can you distinguish between your dreams and your goals? Are they set too high? too low?
posted by Vieva @ 8:04 AM
2 Comments:
At 3:03 PM,
Anonymous said…
Thorn points out another useful distinction: the one between 'dreams' and 'fantasies'.
She gives the example of "I've always dreamed of being a jazz singer!"
Have you taken voice lessons? Gone to karaoke night at the club? Anything?
The fantasy is a useful retreat-and-regeneration place, but if one doesn't work towards doing it, it's just a fantasy and needs to be recognised as such ...
At 3:06 PM,
Vieva said…
*nods* fantasies are good too, but you're right, they need to be seen as such.
And, if your dream is to end hunger and you've never done so much as to garden yourself or otherwise do things to create food or distribute it, you're dealing with a fantasy there, too.
Fantasies are fine, but they don't improve the Universe.
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