Comments on: Bloggers Living Their Dreams

By: biren

biren — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:36:39 +0000

Thanks for taking this post as a challenge, Jarko. otherwise, like a friend, you may have tried to write what was right in my thought process.
i don’t need that (though, that’s what i want)
have you ever experienced yourself defending your pain(ful position) just because you are so self-engrossed, you can’t see anything else?
well, that happens all the time with me.
such ‘taken-up’ challenges untangle me. sometimes, at least.
:)
i appreciate your conversing.

By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:11:41 +0000

@biren: Thank you for challenging me! This luxury you don’t always get in the blogosphere.

I’m not quite sure if I follow you thought formation, though.

The nightmare part escapes me: by definition, a nightmare is something you don’t enjoy (often scary). So, I would say that you are living your nightmares, that cannot make your life happy. If the “CAN” in the “nothing else i CAN do” sentence really means “CAN” and not for example that you just haven’t paid attention to other options, or are scared of trying something else, I’d say OK, maybe you have a point. But in most cases, I’m sure, it’s not that you cannot do anything else, but you won’t. And there is a big difference.

And no, freedom doesn’t always feel exhilarating. With freedom comes responsibility: you have to grow up and take care of yourself. And that’s not always easy. And many of the things in life are not related to whether you are free or not. Things happen outside of this continuum of slavery to freedom.

And no, life is not all about exhilaration. But that’s not the point about freedom. I think freedom is about being able to live fully and having all the resources you can have for participating in the other things that life is about. Helping out, caring about people, spending time with your loved ones, chasing your dreams. This list naturally isn’t the same for everyone. I’ll make a guess that you won’t rank chasing your dreams as high as I do. But that’s OK, we have a different view on life.

By: biren

biren — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:36:03 +0000

does ‘living your nightmares’ count?
especially if there is nothing better you want to do. (which, in my case is – ‘nothing else i CAN do’)
who said ‘freedom’ always feels exhilarating?
then again, who said, life is all about exhilaration?

don’t mind me – i am talking to myself, you know. i do it all the time… on such blogs. better than having my own. and then having to ‘got to post’…
:)

its my style of saying: “thank you. i loved the post.”

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By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:38:06 +0000

Thanks for the great comments, guys!

shane: Hearing that makes me so happy! I’m glad that I was able to create a soft moment like that :)

Graham: Wow! There sure is a lot of action in your life right now – and good action I might add. What makes me particularly happy is that you’re working on a book together with your wife – doing things together certainly has some amazing power in it!

Naomi: What can I say… That’s amazing! You’re such a great example showing that living your dreams really is possible.

Scott: My pleasure :)

By: HELLO, my name is Scott

HELLO, my name is Scott — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:35:36 +0000

Thanks for the link love!

“Dreams make decisions easy.”

By: Naomi Dunford

Naomi Dunford — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:11:21 +0000

Hey Jarkko –

Thanks for the mention. I love getting good press, but especially for this kind of reason. I am without question living my dreams. From a spiritual and personal standpoint, I have become one of those people who rushes out of bed in the morning. I’m “working” before I’ve had my coffee. I have so much fun at what I do, it doesn’t feel right to call it work.

Financially speaking, far more than my wildest dreams come true. I always believed that the truer you are to yourself, the more likely doors will open up for you. I haven’t always acted on these thoughts – it’s very easy to get caught up in the fear – but I am a very real testament to life being good.

Thank you. As always, your post was fantastic.

By: Graham Lutz

Graham Lutz — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:24:08 +0000

I’m living my dream! Remember when you wrote that post about bloggers missing in actions…? Well that was about 3 weeks after I quit my job and found out my wife was pregnant…while starting a business. Now, I’m working for myself, just updated my blog (it’s not quite done), and My wife and I are writing a marriage book!

By: shane

shane — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:15:04 +0000

I got kind of teary when I saw this. I turned to Peter and said – “We’re living our dream”. He smiled his little smile and said “I know.”

Now, Jarkko is humble, but this dude has to be one of the more content bloggers I read. Who else would be more qualified to write this post?