Thursday, 19 July 2007

In the beginning was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry. - okri makes magical realism really worth studying. carter makes it intriguing and gripping and rushdie makes it fun. whooo!

dreams are soo important right now. Lord, thankyou for sending me the right word at the right time to keep me knowing where my focus is and whom to trust right now, when the future seems not just unclear but unwanted.

Only two things stand in your way: dreaming it, then doing it. Have you dared to dream, really dream? If something is within your apparent reach, it isn't a dream. If it doesn't stretch you, cost you, or involve risk, it isn't a dream. Dreams change you even as they change the world around you...Remember the story of Joseph? He dreamed big dreams; God-given dreams. And what was the response of his brothers? They said, ' "Look, this dreamer is coming!...let us...kill him..." ' People who aren't pursuing their own dreams are usually the first to criticise people who are...What's the worst thing that could happen if you pursue your dream and don't achieve it? You could end up where you are now. And what's the best thing that could happen? You could find yourself in new territory, enjoying new blessings, living the life God meant for you to live!

my dreams were weaved in green mango grove paths, in overcrowded eager classrooms of children, in dark stone libraries, in the people i met whose vigour and inspiration for life opened my eyes and partly in my parents own dreams for me. was listening to a family friend whose child is going to start school- the dreams our parents have for us are soo large. the smartest child, the prettiest child, the goodest child. right. haha

life never cushions our dreams but thats what makes them dreams, they arent visible or floating right before our eyes but they're there. they were there some time ago; conceptualised and born before we even realised it. but now is the time to hold on, to finish this last leg of school with those precious dreams held tight, to strive like that sentence through the blizzard and to smile at the end knowing we had something worth working for, we have something worth living for.

sweet hopes and dreams, the promises of God- "Christ in you, hope of glory"

12:34 am

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