A little dream may come true....

When we talk about what our dreams are, we will probably ponder how the dreams would be like in 5 to 10 years' time down the road or whether we are able to fulfil the wildest dreams that we have dreamt during our salad days. It was an act of pure innocence that we used to say...hey, i wanna be a pilot to fly with "the wings beneath my wings"...I wanna gonna a dreamer forever...the dream list goes on indefinitely when we used to be young. We did not think too much about whether we had money or any difficulties to be overcome. We just left our mind to its own freedom to imagine as much as it wanted without no mental barriers.

As the years go by, our mind's mortal enemy, Realistism, stood in its path of Dreamers. Everything you need to consider - family, lovers, mortgage, work, cancer, money and so many things that seem to stand in our ways to accomplish our dreams. I remember a little story about 2 brothers climbing the stairway many years ago. See this touching story....

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80 Floors

There were once 2 brothers who lived on the 80th level. On coming home one day, they realized to their dismay that the lifts were not working and that they had to climb the stairs home. After struggling to the 20th level, panting and tired, they decided to abandon their bags and come back for them. They left their bags there and climbed on. When they struggled to the 40th level, the younger brother started to grumble and both of them began to quarrel. They continued to climb the flights of steps, quarrelling all the way to the 60th floor. They then realized that they had only 20 levels more to climb and decided to stop quarrelling and continue climbing in peace. They silently climbed on and reached their home at long last. Each stood calmly before the door and waited for the other to open the door. And they realized that the
key was in their bags which were left on the 20th floor ......

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This story is a reflection on our lives... many of
us live for the expectations of our parents,
teachers and friends when we were young. We seldom
get to do the things that we really like or love. It
is under so much pressure and stress that by our
early 20s, we get tired and decide to dump this
load.... and enjoy life. Being free of the stress
and pressure, we work enthusiastically and dream ambitious
dreams.

But by the time we reach our 40s, we start to lose
our vision and along with that, our dreams and goal
in life. We began to feel unsatisfied and start to
complain and criticize. We live life in misery as we
are never satisfied.

Reaching 60, we realize that we have little time
left for complaining and we began to walk the final
episode in peace and calmness. We think that there
is nothing left that could disappoint us, only to
realize that we cannot rest in peace because we have
an unfulfilled dream.....a dream we abandoned about
60 plus years ago......

So what is your dream? ......Keep them
alive....Follow your dreams so
that you will not live with regrets ......and you
will have stories to share with your loved ones.

It is like holding some amount of sand and no matter how hard you try to grip your fist as tight as possible, the sand will still drip out eventually, probably leaving behind a little amount of sand that u have left with. It is the same thing as how we live our lives everyday. Time is like a sand and no matter we try to make use of every moment, smiling, thinking that things are gonna be fine or nothing will happen to us...But alas, we did not realise that certain things which are beyond our control may happen to us. Like you could be told outrightfully that you will have 2 more months to live and you will think about what you should do with the death sentence being issued to you. Are you going to let yourself rot away with the time passing by like the life slipping out of your body slowly until the Death of Door beckons you nearer. Even if you lead a perfect life until the old age, you suddenly feel that hey..there is really a big void which could be as big as a Blackhole that I could not fanthom out. What is wrong with my life? I have money, I have a boyfriend who would be at my deathbed, I have a big house so that i could retire comfortably, I have no financial worries, I have almost everything..but I dun understand why I still feel so empty....When you probably are at the verge of the death, you have almost everything being physically with you but you could not bring everything with you to your final journey to death. But it could be perhaps little "sand" of regret that you may bring to your death....Who knows? You could be right or wrong. Only you yourself know the answer best.

A little excerpt from "When You Wish Upon A Star - Ashley Gearing"

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
Like dreamers do

Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true