Desires
When you’re at work, or you’re at home, and you’re sort of just . . . daydreaming . . . what do you most wish you were doing, or could do?
Short-term, long-term, I want to know.
For me, it goes back and forth, but these days I have two main daydreams; one is that I’m a full-time writer who actually can make a living at it, and therefore I’m justified in doing it, and the other is that we run a very artsy but kind of L’Abri-style place out of a brownstone or two in the West Village, and I get to do all the fun stuff like curating the library and booking the speakers and running a cafe and maybe a theater.
What’s yours?
I can wonder, tongue in cheek,
(By living a life that I actually sort of like),
Will I add, (so to speak),
Five days to each week?
- From Second Hand Smoke, by Linford Detweiler
Rachel Farnum wrote:
Interesting questions… Due to my limited amount of free time lately, I mostly find myself looking forward to maybe having a life where I have the time/energy to do the things I really enjoy doing at the end of the day. Have tried my best to be stubborn about keeping those things in my life to some extent, but still desperately want more time to read, relax on occasion, work on writing a little more (i.e. non-engineering related stuff).
Nothing too profound, but, in general, am at peace that I am doing what God wants me to be doing, but would just like to make some minor adjustments! :)
Posted on 04-May-07 at 10:13 am | Permalink
Amy wrote:
Your daydreams sound lovely. Recently I’ve been scanning The Sartorialist and other beauty/fashion blogs and daydreaming of being a high-end makeup artist or fashion buyer and jet-setting around the world for fashion shows . . .
Other common daydreams are finally finishing my screenplay and actually making it into a movie, and running a small music venue with friends where all the singer-songwriters we love can come play and hang out and drink wine.
Posted on 04-May-07 at 2:05 pm | Permalink
Sarah wrote:
Hmm… I am content where I am now.
However, when I daydream, I dream of speaking Arabic fluently and having lots of Muslim friends (I am currently trying to learn Arabic in my car). I dream of talking more about Jesus the Messiah, Isa-al-Masih.
I dream about having a piano again and writing music… improvising, composing, and worshipping without regard to the time.
I dream of seeing people come to know Jesus. I dream of seeing the answers to my prayers.
I dream of being married and having a home where others feel welcomed, relaxed, and at home.
I dream of peoples from every tongue, tribe, and nation worshipping Jesus. I dream of seeing Jesus.
I dream of visiting Alissa & Tom at their L’Abri style place for an extended period of time and drinking in city life for a spell. :)
Posted on 07-May-07 at 6:09 pm | Permalink