7/19/2023 0 Comments H f bar ranch wyoming![]() But really, deep in our hearts, we know that what has happened is that we have renounced the battle for our dreams-we have refused to Fight the Good Fight. We are surprised when people our age say that they still want this or that out of life. In that state we think of ourselves as being mature we put aside the fantasies of our youth, and we seek personal and professional achievement. Life becomes a Sunday afternoon we ask for nothing grand and we cease to demand anything more than we are willing to give. "And finally, the third symptom of the passing of our dreams is peace. For them, neither victory nor defeat is important what's important is only that they are Fighting the Good Fight. But we never see the delight, the immense delight in the hearts of those engaged in the battle. We look beyond the walls of our day-to-day existence, and we hear the sound of lances breaking, we smell the dust and the sweat, as we see the great defeats and the fire in the eyes of the warriors. Because we don't want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think of ourselves as wide and fair and correct in asking so little of life. "The second symptom of the death of our dreams lies in our certainties. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to Fight the Good Fight. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. "The first symptom of the process of killing our dreams is lack of time. The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. We kill our dreams because we are afraid to Fight the Good Fight. ![]() We say that our dreams were childish, or too difficult to realize, or the result or our not having known enough about life. So we turn against ourselves and do battle within. With great effort, we learn how to Fight, but by then we no longer have the courage to go into combat. When we are young and our dreams first explode inside us with all of their force, we are very courageous, but we haven't yet learned how to Fight. "The Good Fight is the one that's fought in the name of our dreams. " The Good Fight is the one we Fight because our heart asks it of us. In order to do it complete justice, I would like to share the entire passage with you: It's from a much larger passage in The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho that speaks to me on so many levels and in fact made me cry the first time I read it last year (I was a little late on the Paulo Coelho train). The Good Fight is the one we Fight because our heart asks it of us. I could never thank the stars enough for aligning and bringing these two souls into my life. When I think of these two I smile, my heart smiles and I'm reminded of this quote,
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