[Courses] Re: [Spineful Living, lesson 1: Dreams]

Claudine Chionh claudine at chionh.org
Sat Mar 31 02:48:24 UTC 2007


Kathryn Andersen wrote:

> That's one of the frustrations I get with "dreams and ambitions" -- I
> feel guilty because one is *supposed* to be ambitious, 

[...]

> But I don't want any of those things.  I don't want to become famous,

I feel the same way. I think being able to say "I don't want to be ambitious or 
follow the culture of success" requires courage and that can itself be a kind of 
perverse ambition---to be able to say to others, "I am happy not to want any of 
that".

Claudine


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