Imagine for a moment that life has given you everything you dream about but you wont be happy because happiness comes when you pursue your dreams otherwise it is not your dream but charity.

We maken ons liever eigenhandig onaantrekkelijk dan dat we dat oordeel over onze aantrekkingskracht waarde en betekenis aan anderen overlaten. We worden liever dik dronken ontrouw en ongelukkig dan dat we het angstaanjagend grotere aanpakken een ideaal waarmaken dat we koesteren en daarvoor erkenning zoeken bij anderen.

I wanted my sons to know that whatever kinds of prayers we utter not matter how wretched God hears them even when we pray badly.

Last Saturday night I was in a club on the South Side of Chicago listening to live rock music and talking to a guitar playing veteran of the music scene in the city. He looked and talked like the musicians that I recall from my childhood he was a thin cigarette smoking avant garde and interesting guy. We got to talking about a life in the relatively risky creative arts and he said Look you could get that safe job and spend your whole life that way but what are you waiting for When youre ninety-six years old and have three days left Is that when you decide to do what you love

One of Tobasonakwuts favorite phrases is andopawatchigan which means seek your dream but is lots more complicated. It means that first you have to find and identify your dream often through fasting and then that you also must carry out exactly what your dream tells you to do in each detail. And then the philosophy comes in for by doing this repeatedly you will gradually come into a balanced relationship with all of life.

Resist the short term temptation of procrastination the immediate pleasure and relief that it brings does not fair in comparison to the long lasting damage it does to your dreams and goals.

But I nearly forgot you must close your eyes otherwise you wont see anything

In the last three months Ive started having creepy dreams that give me a glimpse of the future. Or sometimes a portal will open up in the middle of the night and something will try to kill me. Theres no way to know which one Im gonna get hit with each day. Its kinda like playing Russian roulette every night with a drunk who hates you.

The most important experiences of a man are those which take him to his or her limit.To learn beyond that one needs to accumulate all the courage and expand his limits.Sex pain and love are all extreme experiences. Dreaming big is another such extreme experience.

Strive to follow your big dreams. If you fail cherish the valuable experience gained during the process. Theres always a second time.