08-22-2010, 12:00 AM
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“To dream alive means to have hope. It means that you hold on to your dream for dear life.
"To dream dead means that you dream without hope. You dream without holding on to your dream."
Florinda had told me that freedom is a total absence of concern about oneself; a lack of concern achieved when the imprisoned bulk of energy within ourselves is untied.
She had said that this energy is released only when we can arrest the exalted conception we have of ourselves; of our importance; an importance we feel must not be violated or mocked.
Zuleica's voice was clear but seemed to come from a great distance as she added, "The price of freedom is very high.
"Freedom can only be attained by dreaming without hope; by being willing to lose all, even the dream.
"For some of us, to dream without hope; to struggle with no goal in mind, is the only way to keep up with the bird of freedom."
“To dream alive means to have hope. It means that you hold on to your dream for dear life.
"To dream dead means that you dream without hope. You dream without holding on to your dream."
Florinda had told me that freedom is a total absence of concern about oneself; a lack of concern achieved when the imprisoned bulk of energy within ourselves is untied.
She had said that this energy is released only when we can arrest the exalted conception we have of ourselves; of our importance; an importance we feel must not be violated or mocked.
Zuleica's voice was clear but seemed to come from a great distance as she added, "The price of freedom is very high.
"Freedom can only be attained by dreaming without hope; by being willing to lose all, even the dream.
"For some of us, to dream without hope; to struggle with no goal in mind, is the only way to keep up with the bird of freedom."