I am Not Dreaming

2008 still have another five months and it is bye to 2008. I do not need for the year to be over to name it a challenging year. There are many lessons learnt during this time; good and bad lessons.

Life is precious; without this thread of life, there is nothing to talk about, no love of your life, no family, no pet, no money, nothing. Hence, people treasure life, there is nothing strange about this; everyone SHOULD love life. Reports of people miraculously surviving a disaster, people waking from coma, dogs rescuing their owners, patients making it through their first-in-the-world operation etc etc etc; these are not surprising. Not surprising at all, this is what human should be and do, this is human’s basic primal instinct. As human, we should love the life given graciously to us. Get it – human should love their life. AND the law is right to charge people who survive their suicide; they DESRVE to be charged. If life is transferable, it should be transferred away from those who do not treasure life.

Now come the surprising part – people not treasuring life. How do they do it? Not by taking the suicide path; this is the old story. Nowadays, people fail to treasure life in other ways and I think below are some of them:

1. Not living your dream
What is your problem? When do you want to start living your dream? When you are below ground because you finally have all the time in world? That is probably why you have RIP on your tombstone.

Let us take some few steps back; and go all the way back to your childhood. Do you still remember your childhood dream and what was your wildest and your most beloved dream? The dream that you swore in front of friends and told your parents so lovingly and proudly that you would be chasing. Where did that go?

2. Limiting your power in life
Why do people think they can only do so much? I can never understand why people want to put a limit to their ability? Do not justify that saying you are being realistic. There is nothing realistic in this world. There was this article that I came across in Times magazine many years ago - the article said there is nothing surprisingly if a baby does not make it to this world given the delicate formation process. A baby making it to this world IS a miracle.

So you see, you ARE already a miracle; so what make achieving your dream or a goal such a challenge? I have never seen an alien in my life, but I believe there is life outside of earth. Some of us believe in angels but never seen them; but still they believe in them. Just because you have yet achieved your dream does not mean they are unachievable. Why then make your dream so unachievable?

Life is nothing without passion. Remember your childhood dream. Remember you are a miracle the day you are born.

3. Bringing others “back” to earth by setting your limit on them
This is the worse crime of all. If you have already decided you are settling for your realistic goal, then please do that only to yourself; do not go out and destroy others’ dreams. Someone could have done it if you decide to give yours up; do not use calculation and explanations to put your limit on others. Keep that to yourself. Let others have their dream; it is possible to have the cake and eat it too if you try hard enough. There is nothing free in this world; work your butt off for it. You are already given your best gift when you are born; your life. It is only fair that you work for the rest of it.

Recently, someone threatened me - if you do not do it, it’s your problem because you are the one regretting it.

How scary can that sound… I do not want that regret. Do not forget you are responsible for your life. Thoughts generate action. Have the thought first, hold it dear and close to your heart. Once you have ascertained the thought; crystallize it by visualizing it. Let your thought led your action, and you will see how far your dream would bring you.