Before starting, I want you to do me a favour.
Close your eyes. Clear your mind. Think of one person in your life, just one, who changed it all for you. Think of one memory which changed the course of your life. Think of one thing you can give your life for. Think!
I am just another girl and the only word that really suits me is a DREAMER.
Yes, you read it correctly, dreamer it is. Now don't get all judgy as to what kind of a person would call herself a "dreamer". "Is she some kind of recluse? Or probably some junky writing while on drugs?"
Well am none. Am just a normal girl who loves dreaming. Fantasizing.
I have spent the past couple of days whining about how my life could have been better without a few people in my life. I keep rewinding the incidents in my life and thinking of better endings to it. Is that bad? Well I've been doing this since childhood but I never gave this a serious thought. Its a way to relax my mind. I like thinking. I like using my imagination to relive what has already happened. Its a way to release all my stress and tensions.
Now coming back to what I asked you to think about. Imagine that person standing infront of you. Think about the incident that involves him or her. You know it didn't go right. You wanted things to be right. To be perfect. Then what went wrong? Think. Imagine. Think what made it go wrong. Is there an alternate way out? Is there anything you could have done back then to change the course of events? Yes! There always is. You just need to think about it. Did you find one? Do it! Yes. You have it in mind. Now think about the course of events that might have happened had you chosen this path. Close your eyes. Give this a minute.
Had a better ending? Feeling relaxed?
My point here is that imagination is a part of our life. By imagining and dreaming things, we tend to wish that someday we want to be like this. Someday things are going to as perfect as we thought they will be. But let us always remember that life doesn't have a fairytale ending. We need to accept that sometimes. We have trials, temptations and failures. In real life, all people experience problems and we need to make decisions on our own on how to solve it. We don't need to be guilty of imagining. Its just another way of encouraging ourslves to do things correctly. We want to work hard because we are motivated to be like our idol, because we want every part of our life to be perfect. Let us just accept that things change and plans fail sometimes and we need to do things to recover our own mistakes and not thinking about them is just an escapists' attitude. We need to face every failure bravely.
I have regrets in my life. Everyone has a few. I chose not to think about them but it just cuts you out from the world. I didn't want to think about what happened. But it took away something precious from me, my peace of mind. Then I realized that courage is not just the absence of fear. It is about facing not just the challenges the world throws at us but also what goes on inside us.
Even great psychologists from all over the world agree on the fact that dreaming, imagining or fantasizing are greatest gifts living beings have got and it can be used as a cure to a lot of problems. One must know the power it posses.
It helped me and many others like me. I am sure it'll help you too.
So go on guys. Dream on! ;)
Close your eyes. Clear your mind. Think of one person in your life, just one, who changed it all for you. Think of one memory which changed the course of your life. Think of one thing you can give your life for. Think!
I am just another girl and the only word that really suits me is a DREAMER.
Yes, you read it correctly, dreamer it is. Now don't get all judgy as to what kind of a person would call herself a "dreamer". "Is she some kind of recluse? Or probably some junky writing while on drugs?"
Well am none. Am just a normal girl who loves dreaming. Fantasizing.
I have spent the past couple of days whining about how my life could have been better without a few people in my life. I keep rewinding the incidents in my life and thinking of better endings to it. Is that bad? Well I've been doing this since childhood but I never gave this a serious thought. Its a way to relax my mind. I like thinking. I like using my imagination to relive what has already happened. Its a way to release all my stress and tensions.
Now coming back to what I asked you to think about. Imagine that person standing infront of you. Think about the incident that involves him or her. You know it didn't go right. You wanted things to be right. To be perfect. Then what went wrong? Think. Imagine. Think what made it go wrong. Is there an alternate way out? Is there anything you could have done back then to change the course of events? Yes! There always is. You just need to think about it. Did you find one? Do it! Yes. You have it in mind. Now think about the course of events that might have happened had you chosen this path. Close your eyes. Give this a minute.
Had a better ending? Feeling relaxed?
My point here is that imagination is a part of our life. By imagining and dreaming things, we tend to wish that someday we want to be like this. Someday things are going to as perfect as we thought they will be. But let us always remember that life doesn't have a fairytale ending. We need to accept that sometimes. We have trials, temptations and failures. In real life, all people experience problems and we need to make decisions on our own on how to solve it. We don't need to be guilty of imagining. Its just another way of encouraging ourslves to do things correctly. We want to work hard because we are motivated to be like our idol, because we want every part of our life to be perfect. Let us just accept that things change and plans fail sometimes and we need to do things to recover our own mistakes and not thinking about them is just an escapists' attitude. We need to face every failure bravely.
I have regrets in my life. Everyone has a few. I chose not to think about them but it just cuts you out from the world. I didn't want to think about what happened. But it took away something precious from me, my peace of mind. Then I realized that courage is not just the absence of fear. It is about facing not just the challenges the world throws at us but also what goes on inside us.
Even great psychologists from all over the world agree on the fact that dreaming, imagining or fantasizing are greatest gifts living beings have got and it can be used as a cure to a lot of problems. One must know the power it posses.
It helped me and many others like me. I am sure it'll help you too.
So go on guys. Dream on! ;)
What if I dream and can't think about one person but more than one?? What if my dreams are with those people who came in and out of my life but had given me those awesome moments which I would never forget ? Does having "One" is a requirement according to you?
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