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Don’t downgrade your dream just to fit your reality, upgrade your conviction to match your destiny

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Iwillwait · M
Great Words!
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Iwillwait No kidding. Do you live that way?
Iwillwait · M
@sree251 Wish I did.
SW-User
@sree251 As God is my witness, I try.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Iwillwait Tell us about it. What is your dream and what did you downgrade to?
Iwillwait · M
@sree251 My dreams were many, I wanted to be a Musician/Rock Star, Actor, Lawyer, Philanthropist, Art Dealer.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@SW-User You try? Are you saying that you wish you had not downgraded your dream. At any rate, what is your dream that you tried to fit your reality?
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Iwillwait
My dreams were many,...

Lao Tsu said: He who travels on two roads goes nowhere.
SW-User
@sree251 I'm trying not to downgrade. But the roads one has to travel and miles you have in your shoes are there to make use of the best you know
sree251 · 41-45, M
@SW-User What is your dream? I could be having the same dream. I could learn something if you are further along the way than me.
SW-User
@sree251 My dream is to be a little more cautious of my surroundings. I'm rather a non comformist and don't like being tied down to any one place for long. But I want to go to law school and become a lawyer. I have failed that dream many a times. But with God's grace...
sree251 · 41-45, M
@SW-User
But I want to go to law school and become a lawyer. I have failed that dream many a times.

What's so difficult in going to law school? The country is full of lawyers. Is it money? Anyway, you are 79 now. Too late to practice law. Being a non-conformist is still doable. I am also a non-conformist; especially, in the way I perceive what I am and what life is about. I don't have personal relationships to avoid getting tied down to anything. Is your non-conforming driven by any beliefs?
SW-User
@sree251 it's driven by a hatred for authority.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@SW-User
it's driven by a hatred for authority.

As long as you are in relationship, you have to either deal with authority or dominate the situation. I limit my relationships to an absolute minimum. We can't avoid government authority if we want to live in society. You have problems with that?
SW-User
@sree251 I have always been avoidant and distrusting of authority. They pry too much
sree251 · 41-45, M
@SW-User
They pry too much

Apparently, they have to pry on account of national security. Every footprint we make on the electronic network is recorded in the cloud and stored for accessibility to the government. No way to avoid that even if you don't travel beyond walking distance of your house, use paper money, and stop using the internet and phone. You are not tracked in real time but they can retrieve every "footprint" you made to construct a record of every move you made.