What does it take to dream again?
When the waves have lashed you up and knocked you out and left you at the seashore and you're nothing but a shell of which the life departed, you know not when. You don't know which course, which turn, which wave you rode that was not meant to be and now you are here - staring blankly at the horizon as your destination seems on the other side of it, imperceptible, lost to you forever.
What does it take to conjure up even an ounce of energy to take on the sea again, when even your dreams reverberate of the crashing and thrashing and the deep dark depths that you are so afraid of sinking to?
I read somewhere that every story, to a great extent, works on a similar plot : The protagonist setting out on a personal journey, defeated in a battle in the course of it, improves - gets back on her/his feet, sometimes with a little help from a fairy godmother or a godfather, ultimately wins the bigger war and attains self fulfillment and the happily ever after.
WELL!
Now I think I know what separates reality from fiction - when it comes to the latter, you know everything will be set all right within the next few pages. You can't say this with any certainty when it comes to life, if you will conquer your tribulations in the next few days, weeks, months or if you'll be stuck in a quicksand of all the things that ache you for the next couple of years!
But the protagonist, in reality or in fiction has got to do what it has got to do!
Sometimes you hit a dead end with an impenetrable wall and keep hitting your head on it, being adamant and thinking you're made of adamantium, absolutely sure that this is the only way to go and not budging till you end up hurting yourself. It might be time for serious course correction!
There are surely better ways to go through the wall than head-butting! Dig up its foundation! Climb up using a ladder! Walk far enough along it and maybe you'll find a door! And maybe, take a hint and turn around - look for new destinations and let your feet take you there!
And when you are tired from working on ways to find your way to the place you think you belong, come away and rest for a while and who knows, a bright shiny new little dream might find a way that leads to you,again.
When the waves have lashed you up and knocked you out and left you at the seashore and you're nothing but a shell of which the life departed, you know not when. You don't know which course, which turn, which wave you rode that was not meant to be and now you are here - staring blankly at the horizon as your destination seems on the other side of it, imperceptible, lost to you forever.
What does it take to conjure up even an ounce of energy to take on the sea again, when even your dreams reverberate of the crashing and thrashing and the deep dark depths that you are so afraid of sinking to?
I read somewhere that every story, to a great extent, works on a similar plot : The protagonist setting out on a personal journey, defeated in a battle in the course of it, improves - gets back on her/his feet, sometimes with a little help from a fairy godmother or a godfather, ultimately wins the bigger war and attains self fulfillment and the happily ever after.
WELL!
Now I think I know what separates reality from fiction - when it comes to the latter, you know everything will be set all right within the next few pages. You can't say this with any certainty when it comes to life, if you will conquer your tribulations in the next few days, weeks, months or if you'll be stuck in a quicksand of all the things that ache you for the next couple of years!
But the protagonist, in reality or in fiction has got to do what it has got to do!
Sometimes you hit a dead end with an impenetrable wall and keep hitting your head on it, being adamant and thinking you're made of adamantium, absolutely sure that this is the only way to go and not budging till you end up hurting yourself. It might be time for serious course correction!
There are surely better ways to go through the wall than head-butting! Dig up its foundation! Climb up using a ladder! Walk far enough along it and maybe you'll find a door! And maybe, take a hint and turn around - look for new destinations and let your feet take you there!
And when you are tired from working on ways to find your way to the place you think you belong, come away and rest for a while and who knows, a bright shiny new little dream might find a way that leads to you,again.
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