RE: Notes #33 - Playing Dice With God
Heya @naquoya! I remember when I first began speaking with you when you responded to a post I did about a dream I had a while back. And now we speak of dreams again. I look forward to seeing how your dreams have played out in your upcoming work.
The dice are indeed loaded. But usually in our favor whether we see it or not. Whenever I feel particularly alone, I remind myself that He does have our best interests at heart. It's just that we don't always know exactly what that entails. But it helps me to think that somehow, whatever hardship that I may be going through in any given time, may be the source of great happiness and goodness in the future. I'm sure you've seen it before. God loves creating beauty out of the negative I think.
It is always good to speak with you @naquoya. Cheers and God bless!
Thanks for your comment. The cyclical dream post is at work. I hope I said something meaningful :)
The current dreams were quite dark, but the story I have tentatively developed takes that and turns it somewhat on its head. It's somewhat surreal, given its origins. Playing around with concepts of salvation and meaning/purpose, and sacrifice.
Despite what may, or may not, come through in my posts, I am an optimist at heart. Just a realistic one. What philosophical camp does that fit into? So I tend to ebb and flow with the waves, but not so much at effect of life, just observing and trying to understand.
Salvation, purpose, sacrifice. Some of my favorite themes in fiction. A realism and optimism are not as mutually exclusive as one might think. The more optimistic we become, I think the reality around us responds. I feel so many people spout on about the law of attraction, but there is a certain power in it I suppose. I just feel that it is part of a bigger tapestry that God has put in place.
I have the story in the review section at the Fiction Workshop now. I hope I have done it justice.