tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819583803044106367.post1059611696656438236..comments2023-06-13T11:02:42.697+02:00Comments on Nordljus: In our dreams, we are free...Nordljushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12338266771808023458noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819583803044106367.post-82963753763151635402011-07-29T04:20:32.109+02:002011-07-29T04:20:32.109+02:00your words are beautiful.your words are beautiful.urban muserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174488230882848637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819583803044106367.post-19628461545526269702011-07-28T19:04:45.196+02:002011-07-28T19:04:45.196+02:00This photograph is just about the perfect metaphor...This photograph is just about the perfect metaphor for the emotions you are feeling at the moment. But perhaps you'll allow me to extend the metaphor a little...<br />I remember watching a cocoon suspended from the ceiling of cloisters around a garden for 6 months, through autumn, winter and much of spring. Many times I thought it must have been dead, but as I regularly swept away the dust and cobwebs around it something stopped me from just sweeping it away. Eventually I all but forgot it until one day in early summer someone said, "Hey Nigel, look - the cocoon is opening!" And sure enough, after all that time dormant, a butterfly began its ordeal of breaking free. Finally, wet and almost completely exhausted, this beautiful, new butterfly fell to earth where it waited just a couple of minutes before taking off into the garden, albeit a little erratically as they tend to do, then over the garden wall to begin it's new life.<br /><br />Maybe sometimes, while the world seems to be moving on every day without us, we are just building our strength for the day when we can emerge, more beautiful than ever, and rise above all those who actually haven't changed at all.Nigel Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977560275378505239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819583803044106367.post-83184279699591271952011-07-28T13:17:49.242+02:002011-07-28T13:17:49.242+02:00I just love this photo - it says so much. And I ha...I just love this photo - it says so much. And I hate to hear you put yourself down - it takes huge courage to follow a dream and security is very hard to give up (even if it is an illusion - as Einstein said, 'reality is just an illusion, albeit a very persistent one'). Most people don't even allow themselves to think about following their heart, so you've already taken the first step. I hope you find a way to follow your dream, whatever it is.Gillyhttp://www.gilly-walker.comnoreply@blogger.com