Tag: limits

Perspective

Dreaming of anything

Last light, during one of those pivotal, action oriented dream state moments, I became completely aware that I could control my dream. In my moment of awareness, everything paused, waiting for my direction. Instead of directing, I was frozen in a state of awe by the realization that I could do anything. After a brief delay, my dream characters literally stopped performing and walked off the stage as if the director of the play shouted “CUT!”

I was amazed that with the freedom to do anything, I did nothing. The saying “You can do anything you put your mind to”, and the question “What would you do if you could do anything?” are quite frankly, things I’ve mostly interpreted as motivational rather than practical.

Is it really possible to do and be anything we want? Or, will our invisible limits be exposed when placed in a situation to choose anything? It just might be that if we pause too long when the moment to do anything arrives, we may miss out on making our dreams come true.

Perspective

Good and bad

Our experiences shape our perceptions of good and bad. And the structures of culture, family, and belief systems dictate the boundaries of that shape.

As children, good and bad teachings are meant to keep us in order. Beyond childhood, we add to these teachings by judging everything in terms of good and bad, which constricts us even more and narrows the boundaries of our experience.

When good and bad judgements make their reach into every part of our lives, we can find ourselves operating within rigid guidelines. If you are creatively challenged, unable to express yourself fully, or want more from life, try dropping your perception of good and bad. It is possibly a bad idea that is good for you.

Perspective

Radius

Someone once told me that they don’t travel outside of a 10 to 15 minute driving radius. And because they are not centrally located in the city they live in, this limits the people they visit and the things they enjoy within their region.

Curious about this radius, I started to observe how we all create a radius within our lives. It may not be as obvious as the 10 to 15 minute driving radius of the person I know, but it may be a limit on the foods we try, the media we consume, the friends we have, the cultures we learn about, and the books we read.

We all operate within a radius, the important question is, do we know where the lines have been drawn?