Shattered Dreams

What happens when our dreams and hopes just don't work out?

Martin Luther King writes how there are many ways to face this.

Some he says will just withdraw from life becoming so sterile they are unable to experience the joys of love or even the bitterness associated with hate.

Some become so mean they blame everyone for their misfortune and become callous and cold,

Others become fatalists, so they believe that what's done is done, they sit back and wait for things to happen, completely relinquishing control over their life. They lose their freedom and ultimately will lost hope.

So where do we go? How can we go forward and maintain hope?

In 2009 I attended a benefit concert, one that has stayed with me for so long... one that impacted on me so much, I wrote about it in a blog...

You can read it here:

The power of hope

Never give up, take the shattered dream, accept its finality, accept responsibility, then accept it may not happen. No sitting there and waiting till it does. This is the time to create and work towards new dreams, giving new Hope...

Search for opportunities, then grab them when they appear. So many of us get opportunities then stop and think. Dont think! Sieze the chance that comes, dont let go, have faith in yourself!

Recently redundancy hit... I chose to take it... I took it when I wanted it... giving me the opportunity to have the whole summer to enjoy life... unlike my colleagues... who worked solidly throughout... then still lost their jobs in September! I made my choice... for me it was right... I took control.. and started to live my dream. 

Dont be a fatalist, nothing comes to those who wait!

Dont be bitter, this poisons the soul and makes for an inhuman and sterile life.

Dont withdraw, introversion leads to loneliness and giving up completely.

Take your dreams, make your choices, regain control and you will be powerful, you will have Hope!