"You have to pursue your own dreams, but you are given your dreams by the God". Has the author contradicted himself?
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Re: "You have to pursue your own dreams, but you are given your dreams by the God". Has the author contradicted himself?
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I think it's more along the lines of God giving us the ability to dream - to hope, and have ambition, and the drive to work towards something, towards a larger purpose, perhaps. In that sense, we still have our free will in choosing what are dreams are (and changing our mind about what we want to achieve), but the fact that we can dream is something that's God-given - hence, God is the 'giver of dreams'.Sushan wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 02:24If I get it correct, you too have said it. God is the giver of our dreams. If so, how can we pursue our own dreams? It will always be someone else's dream, atleast of God's. If this is true, what has happened to the free will that He gave us? If all of us are given a purpose by the God, there will be nothing called free will. Correct me if I am wrongSaint Bruno wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 00:55 I don't think that the author has contradicted himself. To every one that God created is a special purpose. So the dreams you pursue is in line with your purpose. That's what I think the author means. Just as we are different, so are our dreams. Chasing our dreams is thus, fulfilling our purpose given by God, the giver of dreams.
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I do believe in fulfilling our destiny. One that is unique to each of us and is revealed to us when we are close to God. While we are to care for one another, it would be unwise to base one's purpose on someone else's wishes. Even if it is someone close to us.
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I do not think the author contradicted himself. I think the author means that God is the source of godly dreams. We have the choice of pursuing godly pursuits or not. We have to choose the path towards those dreams.Sushan wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 00:04 "God has created you to dream. He urges you to crave your own BIG dream. You were not created to merely carry out someone else’s. You were created to live a life of service, yes, but service can be weighty if we don’t unearth our own, unique, God-given vision." (Foreword)
The author wants his readers to break free from others' dreams and pursue their own dreams. And that have been the main purpose of writing this book, and as per the author that is the intent of God as well.
“The place where God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger coincide.”
But on the other hand, as per the author, our dreams are not our own dreams but which are given to us by God.
Has the author contradicted his own concept?
At the same time, can't we make our parents' or our closest ones dreams as ours and pursue them? Will it lead us to failure always?
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