what do you think of this statement?

Question

A poet once wrote, 'In dreams begins responsibility.' So too, perhaps, with love. Without dreams, without the hope of a better life, a brighter future, it is difficult for love to flourish. And without love... there are no dreams

Answer 1

That's a beautiful quote!

Answer 2

Seems like a misunderstanding of the meaning of love.

A long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it.

After a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.

Judging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.

I thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.

I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do.

If I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.

I still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.

Love and blessings

Your brother
don

Answer 3

To me it means that as humans, we should always bounce back up and continue to have hope. That should be the stronger emotion,( not giving up, ) going forward, no matter what discouragement we have, looking at the bigger picture, having love for others as well as ourselves, and that love can conquer all things. Just look at the strength of certain individuals who have endured some pretty strong stuff, have overcome and because of hope and love, they have done amazing things..Perseverence, and the belief that God is there, helping us to get past the big obstacles in life!

Answer 4

I disagree. Without money there are no dreams. And for most of the world no hope.

Answer 5

Yes, I would agree with this, however, when I think of love, I think of God, God is Love, 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13. & 1 Corinthians 14: 1. So in my thinking this is absoutely in line with my thinking, looking at it as God is Love. Without God, all is lost! Thanks for sharing, have a great day. God bless

Answer 6

'chimology'.

i dont take literature, but haha.
if you have dreams, you have love??
if you have no dreams you have no love?

tells me that i must dream a dream, for love to take place.

thats so straightforward :D

Answer 7

love is the one emotion and dream which has carried many people through agony and despair.

Answer 8

What a load of trollop

Answer 9

I think it stinks

Answer 10

well, that poet is very creative...it's very nice...i'll give that 5/5

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