keeping the dream alive

June 11, 2009

“scientist, astronaut, police officer or engineer, what do you want  to be when you grow up?”,  ”scientist”, said i. the naivety of a child is amusing. i’m sure kids had been asked, at one point, this jaded question. it only shows how we, by culture or norm, are so  driven by dreams and aspirations that it’s almost a requisite for  kids to have one way before they learn the twinkle-twinkle song. the thing is, what most fail to realize is that dreams is something that is supposed to be pursued. can’t blame kids if no one bothers to explain that the question when answered doesn’t end there, that they need to work on it.  of course we figure it out as we grow up. each of us has his dreams, ambitions, goals and desires, what’s interesting is that we were introduced to the concept of dreams and ambitions at so young an age that we have plenty of time–practically a  lifetime–before us to achieve it, and achieving it is the hard part. involves tremendous will and determination peppered by challenges and sacrifices before one could live their dreams in the real world. sad how some settle for something less, when dreams stays as dreams and the will to achieve it dies along with their hope of ever realizing it. 
i too have been struggling to reach what i want in life. in retrospect, it has been a fair attempt, though what i am now is nothing close to being a scientist, not that i wanted to be one. in any case, let this post serve as a reference as i take yet another shot at pursuing my dreams, and when everything is settled in the future when my dreams turns into reality, i sure am going to pay a visit and perhaps leave a personal comment saying “damn i made it”.