Dreaming & stuff & fears

There are times when I find myself being extremely naive, at my age I really should know better.

For many years now I've had this dream - a sanctuary, a place mostly insulated against the trials and tribulations of the modern world where a bod can potter as they like (as long as no laws of the land are broken).

Several times on facebook recently I've come across posts of "let's all get together and buy this".  People getting hugely enthusiastic, brilliant energy, very interesting ideas.  But then someone, usually me, steps up & says "ok, you wanna do this, this is how you need to do it".  Utterly amazing how one is either then ignored or people keep on talking & talking & talking and no one actually does anything about it.

I've never really been that way.  If I think something's a good idea I'll go try to find out more about making it happen and find ways, if possible, to make it happen.

I know most people prefer to just talk the idea around & around until they're convinced it's happening somewhere else so they don't need to do anything.

Or, there are the people who like to shout orders like some demented colour sergeant without actually knowing what they are shouting about.  I find them marvellously funny to watch.  Occasionally I'll throw them something to get their teeth around, but, usually, that falls flat because they don't want to "do" they just want to"shout".

Or they fall prey to their own fears & everything just dies a death - suffered that one more than once myself.

So, here I am, waiting for showers to finish so I can start the washing machine & the dishes.  Mum's comfy after breakfast.  Dad's puttering in the garden.

And I'm looking at this place everyone's raving about and I'm having doubts, even though I've already done a fair bit of ground work.  Personally, for me, it's too remote - but then, I have mobility & medical issues.  But, the background work done here can be applied to most anywhere else in Scotland since planning regs are much the same.

I think today's about conquering fear.  It's an incredibly hard thing to do.  Fear comes in so many guises, sometimes even disguised as rationality!  Dream fulfilment requires conquering fear, why bother to have dreams if you are too scared to do anything about it?