Over the years, there happen many a change in an individual or at least that is the case with me, and I am sure most of my friends reading this would acknowledge it. Of the many that take place, one very subtle change that happens in most of us is how we stop dreaming.
I had much better ideas of what I wanted to do as a kid as compared to what I have now. 2 years down the line and I can only imagine. A hectic experience once at the bank making me feel like becoming a banker and being at the centre of all the chaos .. a loving teacher making me feel like being a teacher .. the fun of travel making me dream of being an adventurer. Everything was clear and everything possible ... But now, what has happened to me? My life has become so pathetically & monotonically aimless. We have all become these moronic beings, too afraid to follow our dreams & most of us are busy moving ahead with the band-wagon as they say. Some may argue that the stakes are too high for us & the fear of risking all that we ever accomplished too overwhelming (in my case, for eg., getting into the IITs). Although right to a certain extent, this reasoning I believe has got more to it.
How many of us here can claim to be truly aware of their personal calling? We don't all have the courage to confront our own dreams. Why? There are 2 reasons as I see it.
First, we are told from childhood onwards that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea & as the years accumulate, so does the layers of prejudice, fear and guilt. There comes a time when our dreams are so deeply buried in our soul so as to be invisible. But they are still there. In fact as a close friend of mine looks at reality, "An individual's perception of life, unfortunately twisted so horrifically by this world that anyone having an unconventional opinion is generally acknowledged as crazy", pretty much sums up my feelings here.
Secondly, Love. Even if we know what to do, we are afraid of hurting those around us by abandoning everything in order to pursue our dreams. What we do not realise is that love never keeps us from pursuing our dream. If we abandon the pursuit it is because it is not true love.
We all seem to be loosing the ability to choose our own destiny.After a certain point in our lives, I believe if we carry on this way, we will loose control of what would be happening to our us.
As optimistic as I always am ( ;) ), I don't fail to notice that these mysterious forces which seem to be tearing our dreams apart, are perhaps preparing our will and our soul to make us worthy of achieving our dreams. May we all accomplish the legend we all set our foot on this earth for!! Happy Dreaming :)
