We humans are scaredy-cats;
we escape from dreaming a dream. We are taught “jitni chaadar ho utne hi pair
phelane chahiye” means, one must desire for things which could be accessible to
him and restrain oneself from going after things which aren’t close to attainability.
And that’s how we spend our entire lives, dedicated to our routines and
forgotten dreams which we are too petrified to dream about.
We give up our dreams for a
settled monotonous life. We forget about our once-a-dream which now lies
somewhere under the mound of responsibilities loaded on our shoulders. We live
our lives according to society norms; we surrender our wishes on just hearing a
dialogue “Loog kya kahenge?”(What people will say?).
Or there’re some, those who
failed, who failed terribly, who once failed and never tried again. Their
failure shattered them to an extent that they could never recollect themselves to
give it another attempt. However, the pieces of their broken dreams still
prickle them.
Also, they thought that
their dreams are not achievable, that they are beyond their reach and they
would only waste crucial phase of their life if they chase them.
If that’s the story of your
life then you’re the one for whom this piece of writing is done.
Don’t be what you are not;
don’t pretend to be someone else. Learn to live for yourself and then think how
people around you could be made happy. Until and unless you’re not happy and
satisfied with your existence, you can’t spread happiness in anyone else's life.
Let your dream come alive
which you had buried. Yes! That dream which you had always dreamt about. That
dream which had your heart and soul. That dream which kept you awake till mid
night. That dream which always had its presence in your conscious mind but
never ever left you even in your subconscious sense.
Your dream could be of
becoming an actor or a singer, or a cricketer or a painter, or you had wanted
to top your exams or propose your long time crush, or run an NGO, or you had
wished to be a chef or an entrepreneur or even a gypsy. And, you left your
crave of achieving that dream because the scenario failed you.
Is
your standard answer also “Circumstances forced me to quit”? Then read this
quote by Stephen Covey.
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
On this note, I light a purple sky lantern
(as purple is my favorite colour) and set it free in the name of a dream that
I’ve just revived because I still dream a dream.
