Stop dreaming start living


I remember growing up with so many dreams, to think I had a goal in life. I always felt that what ever I did it was to make my dreams come true. Then I grew up, the dreams I had faded away. I ended up working a full time job that I felt didn't live up to my expectations and realised that I would just be a servant to society.

Is that really life? Working forty hours a week for forty years and all I get in return is a forty pound watch when I retire? No it's not, you can still make your dreams come true but it takes a lot of hard work and will always be the hardest path to take.

Giving up on your dreams is easy, but do you always want to pick the easiest safest option? If that's what you want to do then fine as long as it makes you happy. But if it doesn't then there are so many opportunities out there that you can succeed in.

It is about how confident you are and how determined you will be to achieve it. I am now working on my dreams and I can tell you that it's really hard to make it hard on your own. But I have confidence in my abilities and I know that if I work hard enough it will pay off.

Hard work will always pay off as long as you do not let any hurdles get in your way. But how many hurdles will it take before I realise that it is not meant to be you might be thinking? No hurdle is too big to overcome, it all goes down to your own mentality.

If you ever give up then of course you will fail. But if you never give up, if you pick yourself up and move on after every hurdle then you will reach the end of the goal my friend.


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05 Jan 2009 17:44:35

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