How often do we plan lives ahead? How often do we dream about our tomorrow? How often do we wish we could actually live our dreams? And How often do we actually take a step towards chasing our dream?
Life is full of possibilities.. we just need to be looking at the right places. People like me, often dream a lot.. we dream big dreams, of being big ourselves. We live in this fantastical world, where we are the rulers and everything works as per our wishes. We take control, we take charge.. and we earn freakish money. After all, the whole rat race is about the money, isn't it? Whether you work for someone else, or for your own. It all sums up to what you make, or earn at the end of the day.
We do dream, but often lack the courage to follow it. Why? Cos we got no money. And you cant chase anything in this world without solid financing. So, we start our lives, by things that pay. We all becomes engineers, doctors, accountants.. all so we can get into a good firm n make loads of money. But in reality, most of us engineers, doctors and accountants actually wanna be great chefs, artists, musicians. And so, we make a pact with ourselves. We say, ok we'll work as an engineer, but only until we have enough money to be able to open our own restaurant or start our own rock band. And what happens really? We start working, years pass us by, we make more n more n more money, and we just keep drifting away from our dream. Once the money starts kickin in, the dream gets kicked out. Why? Simple.. when is money really enough to make us stop earning it?
Come to think of it, if you want to start your own something.. a restaurant, an art gallery, a rock band, its gonna demand your time.. your attention, your money.. and not just some.. all of it.. and all of them at the same time. So, this means once you have enough money to start, you gotta quit your job n do it. How many of us can actually do it.. or even afford to think of such a possibility? I bet, none. Life is too full of needs. You fulfill one, another grows on you. Its like feeding twin kids, you finish feeding one, the other will get hungry, you finish feeding the other, the first gets hungry again.. and in this case, the no. isn't 2.. it just keeps growing!
So really, when is the money, or the need for it, or should i say, the hunger for it, really fulfilled, that you can actually think of persuing your dream? When will we ever let go of this fear or resistance to leave our blood sucking jobs to follow what we really love to do? Or should we just content ourselves with the fact that dreams are better off to be seen at night.. n not to be followed during the day? Isn't that unfair.. to ourselves. Aren't we all deliberately punishing ourselves by forcing us to do what we dont love?
Sunday, April 25, 2010
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