Killing Dreams
As we get older, we slowly kill our dreams:
The first sign is the lack of time. The truth is that even the busiest people always have time enough for everything. Those who don’t do anything are always tired, and always complain that the day is too short. They never realised the effort required is only very little. In fact, they are afraid to pursue their dreams.
The second sign is our certainties about life. When we grow older, we no longer want to believe that the world is a big candy factory. We start to think it’s wise to ask so little of life, or it is childish to take our dreams seriously. We start to see what it takes to make things happen, and influenced by the defeats we witnessed, we begin to convince ourselves that it’s impossible for us to make it. We think that our dreams are too difficult to achieve, or maybe it’s a result of not having known enough about life.
The last sign is Peace. Life becomes like a Sunday morning. We stop ask for something grand. We’ve become more willing to give than to demand for anything in life. In that stage, we think of ourselves as being mature. We seek for personal and professional achievement, and put aside our fantasies when we’re young. We are surprised when people of our age say they still want to materialise their dreams, and we may even discourage them. In fact, we know in our heart that we’ve stopped fighting for our dreams.
Have you killed your dream?
*Heavy sigh*
