No Fixed Abode

Gosh I could probably write a book on such a title but I won’t, not yet anyway. “According to [Rebekah's] tutor, you have to know the rules first in order to break them later…” Sounds good but then I thought about it. The boring learning of the rules can have a nasty side effect alongside the obvious cases of boredom… ‘the orthodox skew’, (the studying of established rules, systems and structures that leaves the resulting graduates with a skewed view towards the orthodox approach due to compliance, attachment and general brain washing). I think that the best way to perfect the art of rule bending and breaking is to work that mind-set out in practice, during which you will gather an appreciation of the rules without accepting them. I think this approach extends to many things, eg: learn to pray by praying. I think it is all very apt for a post-modern culture where experience is key.

I have been troubled by dreaming recently. Ignoring the bizarre and quite evil dream that I had last night my problem is not with my dreams but the lack of ability. It may be a case of my ability to dream being thwarted by issues of insecurity or impatience. Or maybe God has just enforced a dreaming ban on me while Tom got to choose such an option, (the level of choice being defined by subjective views on pre-destination and free-will)?? So I haven’t been dreaming, well in the prophetic, pioneering or ambitious sense anyway. I have even struggled to pick up dreams that I put on the back-burner to keep warm until good timing. Or maybe my impatience has got the better of me or then again maybe my impatience will better me?!

Is it time to take dreams and start realising them? That we have talked too much; where talk can be useful in feeding and harnessing the dreams, too much talk can tie them up or down, can sow in unnecessary human structures, agendas and expectations. Dare I learn to dream by dreaming? Or even scarier re-learn to dream by living them out?