In A Field of Dreams

At the end of the year, I am happy to see me entering a new territory and dreaming again... (I hope that you are too). I have spent a lot time during my holiday break refocusing on my dreams... as the whispering voice that said to Kevin Costner in this movie, “If you built it, he will come”… also whispers to me... so I have started to build again -- in my Field of Dreams...
In thinking about this today, I've wondered what are our dreams but objectives... aspirations... plans... hopes... wishes and ideas... And how many of us have actually started building on these things...?
I often wonder if the journeys we take by ourselves are not just "for" ourselves - but also for others... And if they are (also for others), then perhaps we "should" continue to build so that people can receive these wonderful gifts we have to give them (when they come).  For how else do you supposed we got to these different places in our lives, and with the things that we have, if it weren't for the BUILDING of hopes and dreams, wishes, plans, ideas and valuable work of others? ...
And who is this they that is implied will come but people (like you and me) that our ideas, hopes, wishes and dreams have been given to us to help...
I bet it probably sounds crazy to talk and think out loud like this... and I am probably just dreaming... but I believe that no matter how big or small we think of our dreams, that they do matter...
So I hope you are encouraged this year to cultivate your dreams... because you never know who will actually need what you build - in that field of dreams.
Take it easy,
-Chana

Food for Thought

'I like that “I” can find “you” in “me” and “me” in “you” and (still) call it “myself”...'

'Whenever there is a hole in my sidewalk, my romance of my self-discovery helps me to get out of it.'

'I know that I said that you have to learn how to love yourself before someone else can, but I never imagined I would have to find out if it was true...'

'Why is it when we feel safe and comfortable enough to be our true selves (which is the child inside…), people call this immature... as opposed to "courageous"?

'I don’t always know what I want sometimes… but I (at least) know that I want to know what I want, sometimes…'

'Since love exists with or without us, why do we put ownership on it and say “I” love you?...'

'My reality of loving someone else is as personal as my reality of loving cheese… and if I don’t look for the cheese (that I love) to love me back for loving it so much, why would I look for something in return from people? Love is a gift…'

'Whenever I get lost and search for who I am, I usually find myself hidding behind my likes and dislikes…'

'I used to feel special knowing that I was an individual, until I opened the door to myself and discovered that there are a lot of people just like me (individuals)…

Now I'm kind of upset knowing how being an individual can make you quite ordinary...'

Food for thought...

-Chana

The Gift of Solitude, Inside of Me

'One of the nicest things about my life now is that I am here (with me) in it.'

'Feeling my feelings is an insightful process, but actually processing what I’m feeling helps to return me back to myself again...'

'I really didn’t discover this "being here" piece as much as it just smacked me in the face… And when it did, I cried... I cried because I knew exactly how I felt (and why)... And I (surprisingly) didn't run or talk myself out of it, but I just sat there, like a friend, and let myself cry.

It was amazing...'

'I'm learning, when someone asks me how I am, the answer is really just for me to know, as opposed to them receiving this information...'

'It’s good to let people know how I feel; but it’s hard for me to share how I feel with everyone.'

'My struggle with letting some people know how I feel "bothers me"… But before I say “I'm working on this”, I know that my knowing I am bothered doesn't necessarily require me to work on anything... But me loving and accepting myself (being bothered) is (required)...

-Chana

A Choice: Weightlessness & Free Falling

Knowing Rome wasn’t built in a day... and even God created the heavens and earth in "seven days", I am reminded how there are some things we desire to do that can’t be done all in one day either...

So we can really just relax and Free Fall... or... we can choose to be heavy...

-Chana