Comments on: Hold On To Your Dreams http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/ Food For Mind Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:47:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Girish Pant http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-15643 Girish Pant Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:02:55 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-15643 Dear Ms Mehta..very nice quote and keep sending to me as well Dear Ms Mehta..very nice quote and keep sending to me as well

]]> By: Avani-Mehta http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10304 Avani-Mehta Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:22:00 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10304 Ricardo, it sounds cheesy only when you hear the statement while going through tough times (sometimes I tell myself the same thing and get bugged at myself for saying so when times are tough). But yes, in hindsight, it does seem that hardships make us stronger and give us the strength which helps us sail through and towards our dreams. It's not for nothing that it is said that 'What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger' Ricardo, it sounds cheesy only when you hear the statement while going through tough times (sometimes I tell myself the same thing and get bugged at myself for saying so when times are tough). But yes, in hindsight, it does seem that hardships make us stronger and give us the strength which helps us sail through and towards our dreams. It’s not for nothing that it is said that ‘What doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger’

]]> By: Ricardo Bueno http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10303 Ricardo Bueno Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:00:14 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10303 Re: "the path to your dreams need not be a straight line.” It often isn't. But I've since learned to enjoy/embrace the adventure for what it is. Embrace the challenges and all. The simple fact is, those moments of hardship make us stronger (it sounds cheesy to say, but it really is true). I've had some *very* hard moments but when I sit here and reflect on them and the past, I feel that I'm a stronger person for 'em. And it allows me to enjoy the present and the future just that much more. .-= Ricardo Bueno´s awesome post ..<a href="http://www.ribeezie.com/ribeezie/2009/08/bobby-mcferrin-show-us-how-to-engage-with-an-audience.html" rel="nofollow">Bobby Mcferrin Show Us How To Engage With An Audience</a> =-. Re: “the path to your dreams need not be a straight line.”

It often isn’t. But I’ve since learned to enjoy/embrace the adventure for what it is. Embrace the challenges and all. The simple fact is, those moments of hardship make us stronger (it sounds cheesy to say, but it really is true). I’ve had some *very* hard moments but when I sit here and reflect on them and the past, I feel that I’m a stronger person for ‘em. And it allows me to enjoy the present and the future just that much more.
.-= Ricardo Bueno´s awesome post ..Bobby Mcferrin Show Us How To Engage With An Audience =-.

]]> By: Avani-Mehta http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10037 Avani-Mehta Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:44:41 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10037 Vishesh, journey is everything. Since when you reach your destination, you realize you now want to go someplace else. Turning back is perfectly fine ... whatever your heart says ... wherever it leads you ... nothing is carved in stone. Vishesh, journey is everything. Since when you reach your destination, you realize you now want to go someplace else. Turning back is perfectly fine … whatever your heart says … wherever it leads you … nothing is carved in stone.

]]> By: Avani-Mehta http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10036 Avani-Mehta Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:43:21 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10036 Mark, life is one big adventure isn't it? If we only let ourselves go and explore, how different life would turn out to be. Mark, life is one big adventure isn’t it? If we only let ourselves go and explore, how different life would turn out to be.

]]> By: Avani-Mehta http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10035 Avani-Mehta Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:42:11 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10035 Paul, I would frame this picture if I could. Am glad you loved it as well. I like what you are saying - that detours ... lead us to new dreams or to places where we are destined to be. Being rigid would leave no scope for that. Makes me wonder whether detours lead me to my dreams or to where I am supposed to go. Paul, I would frame this picture if I could. Am glad you loved it as well.

I like what you are saying – that detours … lead us to new dreams or to places where we are destined to be. Being rigid would leave no scope for that. Makes me wonder whether detours lead me to my dreams or to where I am supposed to go.

]]> By: Avani-Mehta http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10034 Avani-Mehta Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:40:18 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10034 Vered, same here. I think all of us go through that phase. Especially if school has been good. I wish somebody told us in school about this. Vered, same here. I think all of us go through that phase. Especially if school has been good. I wish somebody told us in school about this.

]]> By: vishesh http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10018 vishesh Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:53:36 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10018 Ha love this :) Its a question of distance isn't it and not displacement :) Its not the destination which is important but the journey. But what if turning back is a part of the chosen path? .-= vishesh ´s awesome post blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/visheshunni/EmJL/~3/pdbUeSuIqqs/as-we-talk-together.html" rel="nofollow">As we talk together</a> =-. Ha love this :) Its a question of distance isn’t it and not displacement :) Its not the destination which is important but the journey. But what if turning back is a part of the chosen path?
.-= vishesh ´s awesome post blog ..As we talk together =-.

]]> By: Mark http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10016 Mark Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:45:34 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10016 'the path to your dreams need not be a straight line. There will be detours and there will be partial u-turns; there will be rivers and valleys to cross on which bridges are yet to be formed.' This is a wonderful statement! And it's what life is all about. Instead of being so sure about things, it seems to me that we should be more accepting and let life take us where it will. We can have a sense of direction and purpose, but we don't need to be so rigid. Enjoy the journey. I think being accepting and seeing the good things in what you have is really important - as Buddha famously observed, all suffering comes from resisting the way things are. ‘the path to your dreams need not be a straight line. There will be detours and there will be partial u-turns; there will be rivers and valleys to cross on which bridges are yet to be formed.’

This is a wonderful statement! And it’s what life is all about. Instead of being so sure about things, it seems to me that we should be more accepting and let life take us where it will. We can have a sense of direction and purpose, but we don’t need to be so rigid. Enjoy the journey.

I think being accepting and seeing the good things in what you have is really important – as Buddha famously observed, all suffering comes from resisting the way things are.

]]> By: Paul Maurice Martin http://www.avani-mehta.com/2009/08/10/hold-on-to-your-dreams/#comment-10010 Paul Maurice Martin Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:41:58 +0000 http://www.avani-mehta.com/?p=1168#comment-10010 I really like the rich texture of that picture. It's reminding me of something from a book in childhood that I can't exactly place... Paying attention to the "detours, the partial u-turns, the rivers, valleys, bridges" strikes me as especially important because they keep a dream from becoming a rigid expectation that may not be flexible enough to take advantage of real-world opportunities. I really like the rich texture of that picture. It’s reminding me of something from a book in childhood that I can’t exactly place…

Paying attention to the “detours, the partial u-turns, the rivers, valleys, bridges” strikes me as especially important because they keep a dream from becoming a rigid expectation that may not be flexible enough to take advantage of real-world opportunities.

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