IT BEGINS WITH A DREAM -A SECOND LOOK

Life is full of contradictions, probably the most basic of which is that, by living, we also must die, which means that death contradicts life or, more precisely, living.

The elites and/or more successful people strive to be more creative than the majority of people, whom, some people might argue, are not encouraged to prioritise the development of their creative skills, because that would not serve the roles which society has wants them to perform.

Similarly, we have creation contradicting evolution, with the former providing humans with a prescription or manual about how they should live, which, ipso facto, guarantees the maintenance of the status quo, the unchanging state of things, ad infinitum, whereas evolution contradicts it, and allows for the transformation and advancement of living things, including humans.

Seeing and understanding the world from a different perspective

Another way of looking at it is to imagine the 'creationist' being imprisoned to his/her 'ball and chain' manual, whether it is the Bible, or the Quran, or the Torah, the Sanskrit, or any other prescriptive religious manual. The 'evolutionist' creed, if we can call it that, is, on the other hand, more of an open, scientific approach towards observing, thinking about and analysing and drawing conclusions about ourselves and our universes. Evolutionistic thought allows for the evolution of thought itself, and does not ring-fence and forbids it, like theistic religions does.

You might by now be wondering where am I going with this kind of reasoning, which some people might find spurious, some irreligious and others common-sensical.

Well, I am leading up to having a second look at Success Forever's book, It Begins With A Dream, which is on sale at Amazon.Com Book store.

This book is very readable, with a prose which the reader can find light-hearted at times, occasionally seemingly dogmatic, but mostly sensitive, confident, and acknowledging that some readers will or might have a different view or interpretation of some of the subject matter.

One chapter of the book deals with perennial but right of passage conflict between parents and their children, centring around what parents want for their children and what their children want for themselves; which are not, if ever, the same things. The chapter argues for the young person to have his/her mindset, avoid orthodoxical straitjacke thinking, and apply a creative approach towards realising his/her dreams.  In this respect, It Begins With a Dream presents a challenging, critical and, at times, even an existentialistic approach towards how we  should or could perceive our lives, our societies and endeavour to achieve our goals, or 'dreams.' 

Any parent or teenager reading this chapter could easily identify which its messages.

It is probably fair to say that, those of us whose starting point in how we examine, analyse and draw conclusions about major areas of our lives, tend to be on the basis of 'accepted wisdom', or the 'concrete' or 'metal box' 'realities' in which our minds are imprisoned, will find that we have to overcome our tendency to dismiss some of what is being proposed, as 'not possible', or 'it won't happen.' 


It Begins With a Dream is a book well worth reading, whether you are parents, teenagers and/or young aspiring entrepreneurs, et al,  and can be bought from Amazon.com.