Dreams

As I lie under my blanket and stare at the ceiling , there is a strange fire inside me. A fire which makes it difficult to lie down. A fire which makes me want to get up and start working on a dream. A fire which makes me want to give a meaning to my life. And that fire overpowers my tiredness.

What are dreams ? What are passions? 

Today we had a career counselling session in our school. And I can say I met one of the most amazing people ever in my life. He shared his life , work and much more with us. He had come from a small district in Bihar. But he had a passion. A self belief to go against the stereotyped world and the "conventional" career choices. And he never let the fire inside him die down. Today he is on the Most Influential People list on CNN IBN and has created a NGO which reaches out to millions of people..

It makes me wonder, if one man can dare to dream and bring changes, what if all of us discover that passion within us ? It surely will be a happier and more meaningful world. 

Do you have a dream? A driving force that forces you to wake up in the morning and work towards it..?

A goal which seems clear in front of your eyes even when the world seems dark?

A friend which guides you when all hope is lost?

If you have , don't let anyone bring you down. It's your life and only you can decide which way to take it. Change that dream into reality. If you have a passion, don't succumb to compromises.. So that later on in life, when you look back at life, and at one point of time, everyone looks back , you don't have the chance to say "I could have, I should have but I didn't.."

People who dare to dream , are sure as hell faced with challenges and failures. People mock at them, people around them usually earn more and parents quite often don't understand what their child wants. The road that leads us there , is tough. But dreamers always find a way.

As someone said, 

Challenges are what makes life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes it meaningful.

I'd like to end this post with these beautiful lines from The Alchemist :

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”  The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho