Dear Friend, It’s Time To Give Up On Your Dreams.

July 10, 2012 13 Comments


Have you ever received a letter like the one below encouraging you to give up on your dreams,

Dear Dreamer,

I am writing this letter because I love you and because I care for you.

For a long time now I have watched as you have bravely and with much determination pursued your dreams. There is no easy way to say this, BUT it is time to stop with the dreaming. You have tried for long enough, and while we all admire your courage and while we all respect the sacrifices that you have made, surely now, enough is enough?

We’ve all had our dreams and we’ve all eventually had to face the fact, that our dreams although wonderful to imagine and beautiful to admire, do not put food on our table.

Dreamer you are in debt, you are not getting any younger, the clock is ticking; you have a family now, perhaps it is time to give up on your dreams and really start living?

Please understand that I write this letter only out of deep concern for you, and the well being of your family; I personally wish that you could chase your dreams forever, but we don’t live in a land of dreams but in a world of bricks and clay.

Your Friend
The Pragmatist.

 

P:S: Please help me construct a seven sentence response to this letter.

2012 Copyright Seven Sentences – Give Up On Your Dreams

About GeoffTalbot: Geoff Talbot is the founder of this Creative Blog. He loves writing words that encourage creative people.

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  • http://www.distillingwords.com/ Chris Lovie-Tyler

    Dear Pragmatist,
     
    Thank you for your concern, but I believe it’s I who should be concerned about you.

    When did you start believing dreams were expendable? That they were less important than life’s more tangible concerns?

    Yes, I have mouths to feed and debt to pay, but without dreams, I am dead.

    And so are you.

    Dreams are our big picture: they fill us with purpose and hope. Please, before it’s too late, recover yours.

  • http://www.distillingwords.com/ Chris Lovie-Tyler

    Dear Pragmatist,
     
    Thank you for your concern, but I believe it’s I who should be concerned about you.

    When did you start believing dreams were expendable? That they were less important than life’s more tangible concerns?

    Yes, I have mouths to feed and debt to pay, but without dreams, I am dead.

    And so are you.

    Dreams are our big picture: they fill us with purpose and hope. Please, before it’s too late, recover yours.

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      Even the most hard-hearted pragmatist  must read these words of yours Chris and wonder what happened to their dreams

      • http://www.distillingwords.com/ Chris Lovie-Tyler

        Thanks, Geoff.

  • Taralhjohnson

    Dear Pragmastist,

    Dreamers can help mankind in one way or another. Some dreams just take more time to reach fruition than others. Consider dreamers  Galileo, Christoper Columbus, Jules Verne, Marie Curie, Jonas Salk, Steven Jobs,  Nora Ephron — all of them dreamed, and their dreams came true. Some dreamers are very strong and overcome great hardships to make their dreams come true; for example, look at Stephen Hawkings. Even the Bill of Rights protects dreamers: we are guaranteed the pursuit of happiness. There is a law just for us! I am proud to be a dreamer.   

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      Welcome to the land of dreams, nothing of any worth happens without a dream and a dreamer at the inception

  • dreamer

    Dear pragmatist.
     
    I’ve come so far, I can not give up now. I moved to a bigger city. I got to know the craziest and most amiable friends. I would not have known them if your letter came 9 months earlier. I appreciate your concern, but I really think you should stop spread negative thinking, it makes people ugly and boring.

    Best regards.

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      The pragmatist often forgets that real gold in life comes in the form of friendship

  • dreamer

    Geoff, I really hope you will be sleeping better tonight!

  • Phil Rood

    Dear Pragmatist-

    Please stop writing to me. 

    All the doubt, uncertainty, anxiety and nervousness my work and I need already exists in my own mind.  I have taken great strides to overcome that and have done so by surrounding myself and building a community of supportive people and groups who will encourage me past  all the bullcrap you’re peddling. 

    It’s true: I AM in debt, I am NOT getting any younger, and I DO have a family.  That does NOT mean that the dreams must die.  They are as much a priority as my family and my financial security and they CAN and DO exist together.

    In short:  Stop hatin’ you troll.

    Signed,

    Phil Rood, his Family, and his Big Fat Crazy Dreams

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      They can and do, and MUST exist together! Great letter Phil

  • Phil Rood

    You’ve been back to the blog for about a day and have already given me quite a bit to chew on Geoff…  glad you’re back to it

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      Thanks Phil!!!