Don't Dream, DO
"When he speaks around the world, one of his favorite lines is "Dream—nothing!" or some other expression to stress that instead of looking outside ourselves for help or inspiration, we should act right now because "responsibility for our future lies on our own shoulders.'"
--TIME
I was reading this article about the Dalai Lama and this paragraph really struck me. We talk so much in AIESEC about The Dream (CAPS essential to meaning.) We are constantly talking about what we can do to Live The Dream. This really reinforces to me the importance of DOING, rather than TALKING. We do a lot of talking in @ about things we want to do and see and change, but sometimes that's all it is. Talk.
The Dalai Lama is saying stop talking and start DOING! If I didn't already have my parents convinced about a traineeship this summer I'd tell them the Dalai Lama told me I had to go to Colombia....
In AIESEC we get so theoretical and get bogged down in the meaning of our words. The higher level thinking conversations I've had in AIESEC have broadened my mind more than any other organization I've ever been a part of. Yet I haven't come out of one LTM this semester without wanting to throw large breakable objects out the window and watch as they satisfyingly shatter into a minuscule pieces. Sometimes is is frustrating to me that these meetings can be so inefficient and people can be on such different pages. We all have the same Dream but it seems we all have many different ways to get there.
While maybe I will never exit an LTM completely satisfied with our progress, maybe that is ok. People have different opinions, that is one of the reasons this org is so great. People don't hesitate to challenge each other's ideas and bring new ones to the table. And this is the first step to acheiving the Dream. I suppose you do have to figure out what you want before you can go get it
After all this talking though, I think we know what the Dream is..... Time to follow the Dalai Lama's instructions and stop Dreaming and start Doing.
--TIME
I was reading this article about the Dalai Lama and this paragraph really struck me. We talk so much in AIESEC about The Dream (CAPS essential to meaning.) We are constantly talking about what we can do to Live The Dream. This really reinforces to me the importance of DOING, rather than TALKING. We do a lot of talking in @ about things we want to do and see and change, but sometimes that's all it is. Talk.
The Dalai Lama is saying stop talking and start DOING! If I didn't already have my parents convinced about a traineeship this summer I'd tell them the Dalai Lama told me I had to go to Colombia....
In AIESEC we get so theoretical and get bogged down in the meaning of our words. The higher level thinking conversations I've had in AIESEC have broadened my mind more than any other organization I've ever been a part of. Yet I haven't come out of one LTM this semester without wanting to throw large breakable objects out the window and watch as they satisfyingly shatter into a minuscule pieces. Sometimes is is frustrating to me that these meetings can be so inefficient and people can be on such different pages. We all have the same Dream but it seems we all have many different ways to get there.
While maybe I will never exit an LTM completely satisfied with our progress, maybe that is ok. People have different opinions, that is one of the reasons this org is so great. People don't hesitate to challenge each other's ideas and bring new ones to the table. And this is the first step to acheiving the Dream. I suppose you do have to figure out what you want before you can go get it
After all this talking though, I think we know what the Dream is..... Time to follow the Dalai Lama's instructions and stop Dreaming and start Doing.
posted by Teresa @ 7:48 PM
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