Comments on: Losing Your Imagination http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/losing-your-imagination/ Looking to Stand on the Shoulders of Giants Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:02:56 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tweets that mention Losing Your Imagination | Thoughts about Nothing*com -- Topsy.com http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/losing-your-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-1443 Tweets that mention Losing Your Imagination | Thoughts about Nothing*com -- Topsy.com Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:50:24 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/?p=2481#comment-1443 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kyle Reed, Kyle Reed. Kyle Reed said: Have you lost your dream? I think I know why: http://bit.ly/2Ipzf8 #fb [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kyle Reed, Kyle Reed. Kyle Reed said: Have you lost your dream? I think I know why: http://bit.ly/2Ipzf8 #fb [...]

]]> By: Kyle Reed http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/losing-your-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Kyle Reed Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:55:22 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/?p=2481#comment-1439 Well my Dad is a psychologist so I can understand what you are saying about that. I am the same way, at age 16 I wanted to be a firefighter, that changed quickly. I have changed so many times that I forget half of the things that I wanted to do (btw, the lion response is awesome). What is hard for me now is that I really cannot just think about what I want to be, I actually have to be. It has turned from dreaming to actually living out the dream. What is hard is that our weaknesses get in the way of everything and we often talk our way out of doing anything. But you are right, it is easier for us to dream and not let God dream for us. Asking God to lead me in what he wants me to do is the hardest thing I have done and often very very confusing. Well my Dad is a psychologist so I can understand what you are saying about that.
I am the same way, at age 16 I wanted to be a firefighter, that changed quickly. I have changed so many times that I forget half of the things that I wanted to do (btw, the lion response is awesome).

What is hard for me now is that I really cannot just think about what I want to be, I actually have to be. It has turned from dreaming to actually living out the dream. What is hard is that our weaknesses get in the way of everything and we often talk our way out of doing anything. But you are right, it is easier for us to dream and not let God dream for us. Asking God to lead me in what he wants me to do is the hardest thing I have done and often very very confusing.

]]> By: Shelby http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/losing-your-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-1438 Shelby Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:24:24 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/?p=2481#comment-1438 I think my dreams change a lot. I have wanted to do so many things in my life its hard to keep track. I mean as a child when i was 5 years old and was asked "What do you want to be when you grow up" my response was "A lion." people always laughed but it was true, I knew lions were fierce creatures, king of the jungle who could survive through most things and in my childhood I felt like I was in a jungle of monsters and as a lion I could escape all those things. and I mean, that was a silly childhood dream that I quickly learned was physically impossible. But i've had other dreams, of being a psychologist, a vet, a marine biologists, and most recent work in the field of broadcasting and become as news anchor. But as I explored each career I figured out things that stopped me from being able to achieve those, Psychologists are often affected greatly by their patience problems, and that career field has the highest suicide rate, being an extremely compassionate person i strongly empathize and sympathize with others and that worries me that they could affect me so strongly. A vet, I have the weakest stomach, i could never perform surgery on animals, I don't know how to swim, my biggest fear is being under water- there goes marine biology. and as I'm learning more about broadcasting in college, i don't know if I can handle the cut-throat world that surrounds the media. I'm almost too nice to be in that environment. So i don't know, maybe I'm killing my own dreams, by finding the one weakness I have that would affect those jobs and ruining it for me. and I have never really asked God to show me what HE wants me to do with my life. So maybe thats what I need to start doing, asking God what he wants me to do. (Sorry this is so long, and kind of rambling, not sure if it made much sense at all) I think my dreams change a lot. I have wanted to do so many things in my life its hard to keep track. I mean as a child when i was 5 years old and was asked "What do you want to be when you grow up" my response was "A lion." people always laughed but it was true, I knew lions were fierce creatures, king of the jungle who could survive through most things and in my childhood I felt like I was in a jungle of monsters and as a lion I could escape all those things. and I mean, that was a silly childhood dream that I quickly learned was physically impossible.

But i've had other dreams, of being a psychologist, a vet, a marine biologists, and most recent work in the field of broadcasting and become as news anchor. But as I explored each career I figured out things that stopped me from being able to achieve those, Psychologists are often affected greatly by their patience problems, and that career field has the highest suicide rate, being an extremely compassionate person i strongly empathize and sympathize with others and that worries me that they could affect me so strongly. A vet, I have the weakest stomach, i could never perform surgery on animals, I don't know how to swim, my biggest fear is being under water- there goes marine biology. and as I'm learning more about broadcasting in college, i don't know if I can handle the cut-throat world that surrounds the media. I'm almost too nice to be in that environment.

So i don't know, maybe I'm killing my own dreams, by finding the one weakness I have that would affect those jobs and ruining it for me. and I have never really asked God to show me what HE wants me to do with my life. So maybe thats what I need to start doing, asking God what he wants me to do.

(Sorry this is so long, and kind of rambling, not sure if it made much sense at all)

]]> By: Kyle Reed http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/losing-your-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-1435 Kyle Reed Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:05:43 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/?p=2481#comment-1435 Joe, I have always wanted to take that test I just could never afford to pay to do it or find anywhere I could do it. But I will definitely look into that and see what I can do. And that quote, it is awesome and something that I am going to write down and look at often for inspiration. Thanks for stopping in and leaving some words. Look forward to more conversation Joe, I have always wanted to take that test I just could never afford to pay to do it or find anywhere I could do it. But I will definitely look into that and see what I can do.

And that quote, it is awesome and something that I am going to write down and look at often for inspiration.
Thanks for stopping in and leaving some words.

Look forward to more conversation

]]> By: Joe http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/losing-your-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Joe Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:50:24 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/?p=2481#comment-1434 Great thought provoking post. Have you ever done StrengthFinders 2.0 ? It's a strengths assessment test by Gallup (the same people who do the poll). I would bet you have Futuristic in your top 5 strengths. You probably have visionary attributes. Look into it. “All dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous people; they act out their dreams to make them reality.” —Thomas Lawrence Great thought provoking post. Have you ever done StrengthFinders 2.0 ? It's a strengths assessment test by Gallup (the same people who do the poll). I would bet you have Futuristic in your top 5 strengths. You probably have visionary attributes. Look into it.

“All dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night
in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day
to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those
who dream during the day with their eyes wide open
are dangerous people; they act out their dreams to make
them reality.” —Thomas Lawrence

]]> By: Phillip Gibb http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/losing-your-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Phillip Gibb Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:24:23 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com/?p=2481#comment-1423 yeah, Do I need to question every dream that I have and check if it is self serving or from God? We would probably be good at motivating either way. My dream is to make a film, to that end I engage with filmmaker; especially Christian and do 90% of my video and editing work for the church. I don't want to loose that dream, my imagination to realize that dream to glorify God. Please don't wake me up :O But am I doing it for myself of has God planted that passion in me and is Glorified by seeing me engage with that passion - ala Rick Warren's notion that God enjoy us being ourselves. Phill yeah,
Do I need to question every dream that I have and check if it is self serving or from God?
We would probably be good at motivating either way.
My dream is to make a film, to that end I engage with filmmaker; especially Christian and do 90% of my video and editing work for the church.
I don't want to loose that dream, my imagination to realize that dream to glorify God. Please don't wake me up :O
But am I doing it for myself of has God planted that passion in me and is Glorified by seeing me engage with that passion – ala Rick Warren's notion that God enjoy us being ourselves.

Phill

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