I've been spending some time thinking about stuff, and lately it's been more of a philosophical nature than anything else. (NOTE: Philosophy has never been, and likely never will be my strong suit. This is just something that's kind of been bugging me for a while now.) So here goes:
Dreams and tears are involved in an cause-and-effect relationship. The thing is, I'm convinced that it goes both ways.
Definitions: (because you need to know what I mean when I say dreams or Tears!)
Tears: any form of unhappiness or sadness, really.
Dreams: one's goals in life, or even just some things that one really wants to happen.
Dreams as a result of tears:
Immediately, two scenarios pop into my mind:
Let's say something bad happens. Something that you'd rather not go through again. So what do you do? You resolve to do whatever you can to avoid going through that experience. Thus, doing whatever you can to avoid the experience becomes a dream, of sorts.
Someone sees something really tragic, and is touched by it (famine, epidemic, whatever it may be). They then do everything they can to eliminate the cause of that event, usually getting so wrapped up in it that they don't realize that it's become one of their life goals.
Tears as a result of dreams:
Again, two scenarios appear evident to me.
You've got these high expectations/goals in life, right? Say something happens to make you realize that you'll never be able to make those expectations happen. Ergo, it's something that makes you unhappy; a tear.
You find out that something you've always wanted to happen never will. Your reaction? If you're normal, wouldn't you feel at least a twinge of sadness?
Note: If you wanted to take the "easier" way out, you could say that tears are tears (or something bad that happened), and that the dreams are nightmares. Nightmares can make you cry (who didn't go running to their parents when they were little as a result of a bad nightmare?), and bad things that happen during the day are sometimes incorporated into a nightmare, and may even cause it.
Here's my question to you guys (two, actually):
Finally, you may also use this thread to discuss anything related to philosophy, or post some of your philosophical thoughts. Just stay on topic, please.
DISCLAIMER: The above post was written while I was in a very tired state, so if anything doesn't make sense, ask, and I'll do my best to explain it clearly... after I get some sleep. *yawns*
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Dreams and tears are involved in an cause-and-effect relationship. The thing is, I'm convinced that it goes both ways.
Tears: any form of unhappiness or sadness, really.
Dreams: one's goals in life, or even just some things that one really wants to happen.
Immediately, two scenarios pop into my mind:
Again, two scenarios appear evident to me.
Here's my question to you guys (two, actually):
- Am I grasping at straws here, or is there actually something to this? Please show me your reasons behind your response, in either case.
- If you think there's something in this mess, do you agree/disagree? Again, please state why in either case.
Finally, you may also use this thread to discuss anything related to philosophy, or post some of your philosophical thoughts. Just stay on topic, please.
- ک
Ladies and Gentlemen, wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
This message has been brought to you by procrastination and the letters K and V.