Osho summed up perfectly the importance of living the dream
No-Thought for the Day: The English word 'devil' is very beautiful. If you read it backwards it beco...mes 'lived.' That which is lived becomes divine, and that which is not lived becomes devil. Only the lived is transformed into godliness; the unlived turns poisonous. And today you postpone, and whatsoever remains unlived in you will hang around you like a weight. If you had lived it you would have been free of it. It would not have haunted you, it would not have tortured you. OSHOby:OSHO

yokoono    "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." 3:00 AM May 30th via SocialOomph
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I am university educated and a writer with a passion for listening to, writing about and supporting quality, authentic music which lifts and inspires. I  have studied musicology & hold first class diplomas in Psychology, Meditation & Neuropsychological Immunology (a holistic & integrated study of the stressors that affect our psychological, physical & spiritual wellbeing.) I have letters after my name but don't use them. I listen to all genres of music daily. I showcase music on my websites which fit the criteria which I have  outlined. I actively support musicians in a number of ways and encourage the discerning public to form a supportive alliance with  musicians to ensure that good quality music gets heard and the audience gets to choose directly what get's played in public places and on our airwaves and tvs. Whilst my passion is for music I  support the arts & all forms of creative expression including the humanitarian/social causes they work with who are bringing a whole plethora of social and humanitarian issues to the fore to make this world a better place for all of us.

One day whilst I was contemplating my life, the trials and tribulations, high points etc it occurred to me that all my efforts, stressing and straining had not really got me anywhere. Like most people I had set ideas and goals of what I wanted out of life and how to get them & always considered that knowledge and hard work could get me everything I could ever want. As long as I focussed on the goal of manifesting my dreams it would happen. In fact what did happen was that I seemed to move further and further away from my goals by the very ACT of pursuing them. For all my efforting I didn't really have much to show for it & certainly had not 'achieved' what I'd set out to do or at least not in the way I had hoped. It then occurred to me "what if I let it all go" and stop trying. 

At first this seemed a ridiculous thing to do I had always been taught to arm myself with whatever skills and learning were necessary to achieve a goal and coupled with hard work I would achieve it, when this didn't work for me it threw me back on myself - who or what could I trust. It threw my beliefs into question and I started wondering "what is this life," "who am I and what is it all about."  Then I started to ponder what if I just let it all go, get out of the driving seat and let 'life' takeover and steer me wherever it will. I was bascially handing myself over to 'life' irrespective of what came my way. I let go of all the limiting ideas I held about myself and who or what I am to plunge into complete uncertainty. I discovered that far from the chaos I expected to ensue as a result of 'letting go' instead a natural order came into my life I realized I didn't need to know it all, didn't need to control anything & that I could just let things happen and it would be fine. There is no end result to all of this, like there would be if I were working towards a goal, instead my life now unfolds beautifully, often mysteriously and without any effort on my part in the sense of striving for something. I never have to worry about anything because I find that things just falls into place and I have never been happier. Whatever happens is ok and in fact things just work out perfect for me. I constantly wonder at and am amazed at the beauty of it all. I realize that everything I can ever be is already within me and all I had to do is get out of my own way and allow it to flow out - just being myself is enough.  One day I was doodling & wrote something down not looking at what I was writing. Later I returned to my desk & glanced down  at what I'd written it said "dreamsareforliving" set up a website now,  so I did. Over the past year or so this website has undergone many changes as I've explored and developed the theme & things have taken shape.