OF STARS, DREAMS, AMBITIONS
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Everyone starts from a dream. Dreams drive our determination to succeed. Dreams increase our will power. With this, as my final chapter of college comes to a close in a few months from now, where do stand and when do I start to walk towards it?
In reaching your dreams, it’s not always a safe and smooth road. You need to encounter a lot of trials and hardships. A lot of times you will fail before you can even see a first glimpse of success. You should be able “to fight the unbeatable foe” and “to run where the brave dare not go”. Failures are always part of every success. It teaches us valuable lessons in life. It makes us stronger to withstand more challenges that comes along our way in achieving our dreams. Sometimes, you will feel lonely in achieving these dreams as you have “to bear with unbearable sorrow”.
Do something—almost anything—differently and see what happens. Even the most successful habits eventually lose their usefulness as events change the world and fresh responses are called for. Yet we cling on to them long after their benefit has gone. Past strategies are bound to fail sometime. Letting them become automatic habits that take the controls is a sure road to self-inflicted harm.
Be who you are. It’s easy to assume that you always have to fit in to get on in the world; that you must conform to be liked and respected by others or face exclusion. Because most people want to please, they try to become what they believe others expect, even if it means forcing themselves to be the kind of person they aren’t, deep down.
You need to start by putting yourself first. You’re unique. We’re all unique, so saying this doesn’t suggest that you’re better than others or deserve more than they do. You need to put yourself first because no one else has as much interest in your life as you do; and because if you don’t, no one else will. Putting others second means giving them their due respect, not ignoring them totally. Keeping up a self-image can be a burden. Hanging on to an inflated, unrealistic one is a curse. Give yourself a break.
