Comments on: Dreams Hurt

By: Dan Cumberland

Dan Cumberland — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:26:08 +0000

In reply to Alex. Hi Alex! I'm so glad to have you here. Thanks for your words. I totally resonate with the struggle to measuring achievement and impact based on what's on the outside, when there's so much more going on inside. So here's to you, Alex, and to the next 28 years ahead ;-)

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:04:33 +0000

Stumble upon this post as i was reading your post about making the future ( equally awesome), and I have to say that i can identify with the feelings. Although I have not reached my 32nd birthday, I have been living with the thought that I am 30 ( I am actually 28) and with that the feeling that I haven’t accomplished much -( part of the reason i joined this movement). As of late, I have seen so many “young” people die and that makes the alarm tick louder : what are you doing? But am also realizing that I have been measuring achievement or impact on the basis of what I am seeing on the outside – what is expected of me at this age? can I fit the norm before I can think of exceeding it? and how long do I have ?
thank goodness for KIM and JEN NIELSEN’s comments – they are timely 🙂
To Dan: to 32 +32 ( and another 32 if you’d like) more years of meaningful post, and impact on world shakers.

By: Dan Cumberland

Dan Cumberland — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 14:47:23 +0000

In reply to Jen Nielsen. Thank you Jen. I appreciate your blessing and prayer. It's encouraging to hear that you've grown in grace throughout your 30's. I hope for the same for myself. Thanks so much for being a part of this.

By: Jen Nielsen

Jen Nielsen — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 05:58:45 +0000

Bless you and your dreams. And also for your honest words. I turned 38 about 2 weeks before you turned 32. At six years your “senior”, I have no intention of letting the dreams go. Sometimes they change, or more likely, God changes them. Throughout my 30s, I feel like God has woven more grace into my dreams and expectations, so I relate more to your more seasoned commentators than younger. I pray that for you, too.
grace and peace,
Jen

By: Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:30:55 +0000

You have doubt, but doubt is our cultural inheritance. It isn’t what defines us though. Turn and face that doubt knowing that Christ never treated doubters as second citizens. He turned and answered their doubts, giving them the proof they begged for.

By: Dan Cumberland

Dan Cumberland — Fri, 30 May 2014 00:44:27 +0000

In reply to Helen Barnes. Hi Helen! I'm so touched by your comment and so grateful to have you reading along. Thanks for the encouragement. I hope at 78 I can be as kind and encouraging as you! Thanks for reaching out ;-)

By: Helen Barnes

Helen Barnes — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:36:54 +0000

Dear Dan, I am wondering why a 32nd birthday is a sad time! I am 78years old and still feel a surge of excitement about groups getting together to support one another on this planet. There are millions of people out there who need to know there is meaning in life. I believe in searching for the good in our lives for it lifts the spirits immensely. So lift up your heart for I have just found this site and look forward in time to see what others think as they also search for meaning. Hopefully we are moving in the same direction. Enjoy the rest of your birthday.

By: Dan Cumberland

Dan Cumberland — Tue, 13 May 2014 17:55:12 +0000

In reply to Warren. Thanks for the encouragement, Warren. Love it.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 08 May 2014 16:49:40 +0000

Happy Birthday! I just turned 50 and have never understood the anxiety over birthdays. I LOVE getting older, to me it affords me more of everything. There is a calmness in realizing you can pass the baton to those younger, wiser, smarter and more creative than you and feel good doing that. I have goals and dreams but I don’t measure those on a scale. Its a trip, you enjoy the ride, you soak it all in and then its over, its as simple as that. On my birthday i wrote.. “From my first breathe until my last breathe..the only thing that will have mattered will be LOVE”

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 08 May 2014 13:55:10 +0000

” …but on this day before my birthday, my doubt is larger than I want it to be.”

But you can be confident of one thing … that on the days following your birthday, your resolve and commitment will be larger than during the day before.

Savor the flavor of each and every birthday because you’ll never celebrate that same milestone again!