The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
James Allen (1864 – 1912)
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2014
Like that photo. Like that tap. Like (most of) that thought.
I must be slipping up if you like most of the thought
I have to admit I was rather pleased with how this photo came out
Yes, there are only two words that trouble me.
And that really is a fantastic tap!
Hmm… Now you are challenging me…
Soul, Angel and Realities and Dreams are the words that spring to mind as being disturbing in one way or another…
After weighing up the options, I think perhaps the two words are Realities and Dreams?
Nope, I have no problem at all with realities and dreams. I like the quote though. I think I understand its meaning.
And now, to sleep, to find the reality of my dreams . Goodnight.
Sweet dreams
I love that tap!
Dare I say it…. it probably looks better now than when it was new, thanks to all the years of weathering
And the quote is very true, everything that exists was imagined first before it could be created.
“The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.”
— Sir James Jeans
The Mysterious Universe (1930)
I feel we are singing the same tune
Much of the world as we live it started as a dream in some person’s mind. The clothes we sit in, the chair we sit on, the computer we sit at. The house that is our home. Whoever made all of these conceived them in mind before organising the natural, existing world to bring them into being.
And the whole world? The Universe? Did that, too, start as a thought in the Creator’s mind? Aquinas’ “Uncaused Cause of All Things’ is a dreamer who has dreamt of a new heaven.
As to the world… In the begining was the word
That’s a wonderful “Thought for the Week” Cherie… i love the picture of the moss covered tap dripping with the bird for a nob… and the rain falling around it….peter:)
I am glad you find it so
what perfect deliciousness…..that image and those artful words.
THANK you for sharing the bounty,
Jennifer
I am glad you enjoyed them
It’s a great thought and I love that part about the waking angel stirring in the highest vision of the soul. I understand that some people many not like the religious reference but when you take it metaphorically, it expresses so much. Dreams are both thoughts and visions, taking us further, aren’t they?
Yes the quote can be seen in two different ways. I am not sure that everyone can see that though