Kent Wayne

Musings

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Regarding contentment and/or stalling in life, I suspect we’re all given a choice: do we keep following synchronicities, our hunches and possibly irrational inspirations? Or do we constrict everything into numbers on a balance sheet, and never make a move without weighing the odds?

Maybe I’m deluded, but I believe gratification lies in pursuing our dreams, even if only for five minutes a day (which I’ve had to do in a literal sense, with a digital timer marking the seconds). I believe that tunes us to an abundance of possibility, and surprises us with reasons to dream, hope, and receive.

Or maybe its better to never pursue my authentic desires, and prioritize the practical above all else, without ever pursuing my hopes and close-held dreams.

Personally, I hope that’s not the case.

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13 responses to “Musings”

  1. writeanne Avatar
    writeanne

    Follow your dreams wherever they may lead …

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  2. sarahwittle845 Avatar
    sarahwittle845

    And believe in yourself

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  3. meganblack82 Avatar
    meganblack82

    I’ve been a number cruncher before and didn’t get much fulfillment out of it. I chose to take the leap and follow my dreams and while it can be amazing and inspirational it can also be a little terrifying hoping things will turn out for the best. I think that ultimately, we all have to make the choice that we can live with based on what’s most important to us and how much we’re willing to risk.

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  4. sbwheeler Avatar
    sbwheeler

    When we talk about following our dreams, we hardly ever talk – or think – about where those dreams arose. Nor then why – nor even how – those things satisfy us. In the doing, we do feel satisfied: fulfilled in some way. But here’s an idea … Maybe the origin is a feeling of being constricted by our more rational ‘duties’. When those duties seem life-denying but also ‘imperative’, we can end up suppressing the idea of just taking time out. And what we suppress doesn’t disappear; it persists. And it makes us irritable. Perhaps the solution is to re-frame those duties: first to realise that they are not immutable and certainly not imperative, then to realise that we can actually love them – even make them life-affirming. The first gives us inner permission to begin to balance our life. The second turns mere balance (which still feels like conflict) into a wholesome enjoyment.

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  5. PRIYA KALAKOTLA Avatar
    PRIYA KALAKOTLA

    I don’t think dreaming for five minutes a day is irrational at all. Sometimes those five minutes are the only thing reminding us that life is more than a balance sheet. Maybe the point isn’t to ignore the practical side, but to not let it silence the hopeful one.❤️ And honestly, if we calculated the odds of every dream before pursuing it, I suspect most dreams wouldn’t survive the spreadsheet. 😄

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Very well said!

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  6. yusefasabiyah Avatar
    yusefasabiyah

    “Regarding contentment and/or stalling in life, I suspect we’re all given a choice: do we keep following synchronicities, our hunches and possibly irrational inspirations? Or do we constrict everything into numbers on a balance sheet, and never make a move without weighing the odds?”

    You may be conflating two separate categories here: 1) art ; 2) the business side of art.

    In art, my considered opinion is we resolutely follow synchronicities, hunches, and irrational inspirations.

    On the business side of art, constricting things into numbers on a balance sheet and never making a move without weighing the odds is the way to go.

    We could wish there was no business side of art, but there is.

    It would be best if you could forget about the business side of art while you are making art.

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  7. weirdhappyworld Avatar
    weirdhappyworld

    And then there are people who are just okay with any outcome cause they know they are on earth for a limited time and can’t really take things with them once dead. All about making peace with any result I guess, but thinking about it definitely makes one happy, and if acted upon, JACKPOT! Who cares what happens later, whatever makes you happy!

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  8. Vickie Rubin Avatar
    Vickie Rubin

    Following dreams is the right path!!!

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  9. 5DAngel Avatar
    5DAngel

    No no no to the last segment. You following the synchronicities is the reason you were even born. This is just a journey to remembrance of who you are and where you come from. The spirit realms watch us like reality tv. They want you to break the fourth wall and ask for help, or to tell us that youre really just an actor playing a part you know isnt fully you. They also want you to win. If youre here on this realm it’s because youre actually tough enough to survive it. The material is the mask, while the stripping of all that “you are” for the practical and/or physical, slower, denser plan is survival. The goal is to engage with the material realm while not being consumed by it. Get it’s power while not stripping yourself of your original spiritual ancestory. That’s the masking and unmasking process. You seeking to go after your dreams is embodiment, you wanting to stay grounded is survival. Walk the tight rope, but just know… you will inevitably return to your dreams regardless.

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  10. Make Your Own Peace Avatar
    Make Your Own Peace

    🙂 taking this as a sign to ease up and live. to expand.
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    the word “constrict” stood out so much – i don’t want to lose focus and constrict my own life~!

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  11. Sharon Godskid Avatar
    Sharon Godskid

    Your writing language is out of this realm! What?!

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Thank you! I’ve just been at it for a while 🙂

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