Requiem for a Dream
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to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it.
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By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul.
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to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.
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It seems to me that we all have a dream of our own, our own personal vision, our own individual way of giving, but for many reasons we are afraid to pursue it, or to even recognize and accept its existence.
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to deny our vision is to sel...
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Obviously nothing external can truly nurture...
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What happens when I turn my back on my Vision and spend my time and energy getting the st...
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There are always millions who seem to get away with doing the things that we think abominable, and thrive.
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we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.
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know the difference between the Vision in their hearts and the illusion of the American Dream.
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Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it … Psalm 127:1
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In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5,6