I was walking on the street and suddenly it started to turn into grass... I jump up and stretched my wings and I am flying in the sky, racing among the clouds and birds. The birds look a bit weird they reminded of fishes. Wait a minute. They are fishes but what are they doing in the sky? Hold on I am in water now swimming, looking through the corral. It is such bliss. I came out from the water and start drying myself. I put on my clothes and turn around I found myself standing in the middle of the busy highway road. Oh goodness!!! How did I end up here? I tried to move towards the side as in the game "frogger" and then I noticed myself playing frogger on my computer, my cell phone starts ringing. It catches my attention. I get up off the couch the laptop, the cup, the pen, paper falls on the ground in slow motion I try to run to get it. I slipped somehow and just opened my eyes. Its 6:30 am, I am very much in my bed and my alarm is ringing.
Dream or say dreams are so magical people can do whatever they want to do in their dreams. People love to see dreams. Love to live dreams. All of us have some kind of dream. Dream originates from small seed; Idea. How do we get ideas? It is just a fascinating science.
We get ideas from reading, interacting with people, listening to music, watching TV and movies etc. We can get ideas from anywhere. At first Internet was somebody's idea then that Idea was blended with imagination and it became a dream. This inspired people to work on it. All the man-made things which we see around us was some person's idea once which turned into dream into finally transmuted into reality. Whenever people talk about the biggest dream come true they always mention "Wright Brothers" they are the best example of how dreams can take shape of reality. Lets do a deliberated thinking would anything be possible which surrounds us if somebody has not thought about it? Food, clothes, medium of transportation, TV, Internet, just look around where ever you are sitting and you will find at-least one thing which was once a dream. Can you find it?? Let me help you a bit. The computer where you are reading this :) is also a good example.
Dreams are so great, don't you agree? You can do whatever you dream for. Just think what you have dreamt of once irrespective of what happened to dream later. But the first time whenever you had that dream I bet it will have made you feel inspired and happy. The best part about a dream is it gives you power to think out of the box. For instance, Let’s assume that you are a below average student who aspires to be admitted to ivy league schools. However it seems impossible because the competition is so hard or its too expensive with out scholarship. But if you are that student and if you have that dream so whenever you think about living in dorm of ivy league schools, hanging out and partying with the students of ivy league school, or just seeing yourself at the graduation ceremony of ivy league school. It will start pumping your heart much faster and you will feel just simply amazing. That is what you wanted and you will start living in the dream. However when the reality struck there will be two possible things I can see happening. I will not like to label these two views as negative or positive because what is positive and negative to me will not be same for some other people and I don't want to typecast these attitudes, however it will help people to realize what I am trying to say. So the first attitude will be: You will say to yourself "Look at the grades there is no way I can make it. No matter how hard I study I cannot make it. Not a chance." Then you will compare with people who didn't succeed and just move on with your life. The second attitude is: You will say "Look at your grade. Is there any way I can work on it to make them better. Maybe; work hard to get good grades. Try to set small goals. So, that I can attune myself with my dreams and then achieve it”. Then start working to follow it .
I personally dislike when people say "That is not possible" or " You cannot do it." I always say don't limit the scope of your brain. You can do wonders. Don't get discouraged by failures. I was watching "Kitchen Nightmares" a show by Gordon Ramsay yesterday and he was helping this guy to make his business run smoothly. The show is OK but the thing which makes it good is the message it gives to viewers. So, he was talking with this owner of restaurant who doesn't want to try new things on the menu, because he was afraid that people may not like it. Gordon Ramsay forcefully changed the menu despite of his objections. The outcome was so wonderful. People liked the new menu. Then in the end of the show he took that guy to have one-on-one chat. And he just said to the restaurant owner that he is afraid of failures that is why he doesn't want to try new or different things. The restaurant owner’s eyes started watering. So what I was trying to say here is that don't get discouraged if you face failure because failure will give you chance to learn from your mistakes and help you in recuperating in much better way. Everybody knows about Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein.
So, if it is so easy why doesn’t everybody achieve it? The answer is as simple as the question. People don’t have persistence and desire to achieve their dream. I know many people in my friends and family who just gave up their dream because they don't have courage to keep up with it and I also know people who were not sure about how to fulfill their dream however they just knew they are going to fulfill their dream. Once you are committed to your dream then you start noticing the ways to get it. Don't ever let anybody come in between yourself and your dream. All the obstacles that are in the way to get your dreams are for purpose to check how much you want them? And once you overcome those obstacles you get more seasoned to take responsibility of dream you have. It is all learning process trust me. This is the reason why lottery winners get broke after winning so much money because they didn't go through the hard work to attain the money which means they are not seasoned to keep it so that it can be used to generate more money and they lose it all.
In the end I will like to conclude by just asking this how close are you to your dream??
Cheers
M
