To delay sleep in an attempt to deny the expectations of the morning is akin to procrastinating from progress. But routine is rough.
The static schedules deny variability, spontaneity or any sense of adventure – a sacrifice made for means to an end in the future.
For some this sacrifice is meant to be a blip on the timeline of these ends, but where is the promise that the future holds something different from the present? These common hours, common attitudes – they lead to common results. It’s the concept of input to output, where he is the function.
If one advances without direction, lives life uninspired, the fruit of his toils will be common. Far too often are dreams abandoned in the race to get ahead – to gain the most common of success.
The dream gives direction, a perspective that each breath is better than the last, each step progress towards the life imagined. Understanding the good that comes from the bad and the wisdom that can be found in sacrifice.
For the one seeking success unexpected, these dreams are what lull him to sleep at night.
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Walden, Henry David Thoreau
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Walden, Henry David Thoreau
