Paulo Coelho got me naked. He posted on his blog about thing that I have been pondering for months. It rings true and I’m totally naked now.
The first symptom of the process of our killing our dreams is the lack of time. The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the Good Fight.
The second symptom of the death of our dreams lies in our certainties. Because we don’t want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think of ourselves as wise and fair and correct in asking so little of life. We look beyond the walls of our day-to-day existence, and we hear the sound of lances breaking, we smell the dust and the sweat, and we see the great defeats and the fire in the eyes of the warriors. But we never see the delight, the immense delight in the hearts of those who are engaged in the battle. For them, neither victory nor defeat is important; what’s important is only that they are fighting the Good Fight.
And, finally, the third symptom of the passing of our dreams is peace. Life becomes a Sunday afternoon; we ask for nothing grand, and we cease to demand anything more than we are willing to give. In that state, we think of ourselves as being mature; we put aside the fantasies of our youth, and we seek personal and professional achievement. We are surprised when people our age say that they still want this or that out of life. But really, deep in our hearts, we know that what has happened is that we have renounced the battle for our dreams – we have refused to fight the Good Fight.
Yes, I might have refused to fight the Good Fight! There’s something wrong in my system the past months that I’m so scared to do better, best! It’s not me at all! I have lost all the good drive to turn a dream into reality. I got a big plan in Ubud just before I left, and as I’m pondering it now, I got freak-out. I feel overwhelmed by something that doesn’t exist yet. I refuse to fight the Good Fight!
I have tried to work on the issue, bit by bit, step by step, by recognizing what stops me. I keep saying I need two brains although I know my brain is big enough to handle all these little things. I feel disappointed quite easily these days. Seems that I haven’t made my world small enough. My micro-environment is not small enough for me to feel really comfortable. I’m scared about nothing. I don’t stretch enough. I haven’t stretched enough.
Now how?
The skirts installation at the Art Bazaar, Jakarta.












