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To: tarpit

I just want to know why this country places so much importance on ‘dreaming’

Dreamers are indolent and unrealistic losers. If you are not done dreaming by the time you are 11, maybe there’s some cognitive problem going on. At some point, psychologically well adjusted people stop dreaming in order to devote energy to working.

By 11 most people begin taking responsibility for themselves and determine what work and effort lies ahead for them.... They begin to focus on ‘doing’ and they save ‘dreaming’ for when they are asleep. It is a little escapist and unwholesome for grown adults to perpetually ‘dream’/remain preoccupied with dreaming or overvalue the importance of ‘dreaming’.

However, everything in the American culture and social system seems to elevate the ‘dreamer’ the level of the achiever... and I don’t think there is even a comparison.

Our bonehead grade schools, TV commercials, MSM, etc. speak as if it is ‘dreaming’ is the natural and preferable activity over ‘WORKING’, NOT!!!


12 posted on 09/27/2010 8:53:08 AM PDT by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think." Adolph Hitler)
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To: SMARTY

You cannot accomplish what you cannot conceptualize, you must first do it mentally and then do it physically. If I start out to build something I first construct it in my mind and then do the actual building. My last project was a large overhead arbor for my grape vines. I built it in my mind and then modified it until it looked the way I wanted before I picked up the first post. Nearly thirty years ago I started a business the same way, I visualized the whole thing until when I actually did it it was like acting a part that had been well rehearsed. That business supported my needs for twenty years. I have done other projects the same way. This is what “dreaming” means to me, to create something mentally and then either turn it into reality or conclude that it wasn’t such a good idea and save yourself a lot of heartache and expense, apparently to you it means idle daydreaming with no intention of doing anything except escape into a fantasy world.

By the way, the total absence of a fantasy life in an adult is a sign of severe mental problems.


37 posted on 09/28/2010 6:37:46 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Clem Hussein Kadiddlehopper would be a vast improvement.)
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To: SMARTY

Why is he president again? Speaking of Colonialism, the idea of EQUALITY has never been proven by science EVER. Why are we so old school? Everyday things we see are congruent with the scientific testing and statistics world wide.

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it will regret that it did not heed the words said here.


46 posted on 10/17/2010 5:58:02 AM PDT by been_jammin_frankly (Equality is older than the all the old irrelevant stuff we hold on to.)
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