Comments on: Awaken

By: Hannah Teh P.H.

Hannah Teh P.H. — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:40:02 +0000

What is written here definitely echoes my heart. I’d never thought I will find something like this from a christian blogger. If it’s alright with you Shaun, I would like to send “My Letter” to your email address. “My Letter” is a summary of my lost-dream over the last 10 years or so. I’ve after much drafting and re-drafting…brewing…contemplating finally sent out “My Letter” to 2 different individuals end of 2010. One copy to a trained psycho-analyst from NZ and another copy to a devoted christian pastor from South Africa. My act was so to see how they each responds.

Shaun, if it’s alright with you I would really really love to share “My Letter” with you. I’d prefer however to send “My Letter” as an attachment to your email address. If this is acceptable to you, I’d wait for you to route me your email address.

Thanks in advance, ~~ Hannah (Malaysia dream-shattered christian)~~

By: kathleen carrico

kathleen carrico — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:09:32 +0000

Nice article. We keep teaching people around us that they can do anything, keep the dream, live the dream. What I learned from this article is to recognize a dream for what it is – you nailed it on the head – it’s what keeps me up at night (and I thought I had sleeping disorders!) I dream of making a difference through spoken and written words, and through action. Not for self glory, but because as I get older, I recognize my own talents that are purely God-given, and I must use them to please God! Each day it’s really up to God, I am merely His instrument. But it’s also how hard I play that instrument that matters, and to never give up. I need to find a way to follow your blogs. With all the business of business, these are the words I love to read, embrace and take action on the most – they lead to greater contributions with everything else!

By: Shaun Smith

Shaun Smith — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:39:28 +0000

Hey Trev,
I think part of the process is even seeing that the hurt is there. I really found that my sarcasm was quite a lot more biting, and I unknowingly walked around with a bit of a cloud over my head. I think part of the healing process is allowing that helping/hurting feeling to work itself through (even when it gets out of hand), and to surround yourself with a whole pile of good people who point you in the direction of what you love to do. For me, I found that these sorts of people crossed my path “randomly”. The key was to keep my eyes open, I suppose.

I’ve found that the healing process took me about a year or two after my first career “ended”. The entire time I spoke of healing, and kept that as a hidden goal that I wanted to attain to. Honestly, the other direction was to become a sarcastic, unbelieving critic who evaluates first and enjoys later. The process of getting back to dreaming though, allows me to enjoy the journey on the way to truly doing what I want (and I’ve admittedly kept the sarcasm). Admittedly, I’m very impatient in the area that I want to get to, but there are clues along the way that I’m not so insane after all! Thanks for commenting, I sure hope this helps!

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:38:51 +0000

Shaun. You are one of the few who seems to truly get what I am going through. That question of what do you want to do and what do you love to do was answered, by me in the last year or so, by simply stating “it doesn’t matter because no one will let me do it.” You get it and you record that state of being in a flash of clarity that I am not sure helps or hurts more right now but that I love to read. Thanks.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:55:35 +0000

I’m really intrigued by your explanation of the dark side of dreams. I really don’t understand why we give up. We are so good at pushing aside deep cravings we have and settling for something we know is not at all what we desire.