It is a very large peignoir, a moomoo sized one and not at all sheer.(that is a very clever play on words, you have my congratulations) My chaise also very much resembles an abused sectional sofa and my glamorous swoon is usually lazy grogginess due to too much computer. But a woman can dream.
Dan is leading a management conference next week and he has come up with the neatest ideas and outline. I really think he should expand this into a book, but he has so little extra time to write.
I can't really talk about it much, but one of the topics is "what men dream, men do". And I started thinking about it during one of my 3 am insomnia sessions. Of course, space travel leaps to mind, or submarines, or the internet, the really BIG ideas and dreams- the big dreamers, Michelangelo, HG Wells,but what of the ordinary man? What should we be dreaming in our lives? What can we make happen around us-- for ourselves and for others?
And what of the time spent in negative activities and thoughts? Not just the 'can't do" mentality, but the truly destructive use of time and words, and of course I'm thinking of this past week. Words like "I win" seem inappropriate in a true exchange of ideas. If I am "dreaming" of one-upping or humiliating, chances are I miss the chance for communication. That kind of thing stultifies not only the ideas of others, but our own capacity for new ideas. And worse, it is such a draining kind of thing.
We dream much more easily when we are young; as we grow older we tend to grow cynical, aware of limitations, aware of the too quick passage of time. It is harder to dream.
Or maybe easier to dream in a sort of past tense way, an I wish way. Energy falters.
You have inspired me this year by your pursuit of a new dream... I have watched your excitement, your enthusiasm, you energy grow as you teach. I know the difference you are making in lives, and how that dream is motivating you to DO.
Of course, you are younger than I, which I resent terribly.
And you look better in a moomoo.
But I am not going to dwell on these negatives. |
