Thursday, 29 September 2011

From dreams to reality



Human beings have wonderful dreams, visions, which provides them power beyond their wildest imagination, eradicates every obstacle and makes them invincible.       
What happens along the way? Why do human beings not achieve these goals? Are some of these goals impossible to achieve? Does the achievement of these goals have an age barrier or gender barrier?

“Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.” Joel Bake

Stories of Achieving Dreams:

When free Primary school Education was introduced in Kenya, Oliver Loitondo an 80 year old man enrolled in Standard 1.

Patrick Henry Hughes born without eyes and a tightening joints which left him crippled for life. Patrick went to University of Louisville where he scored nearly all A’s with the exception of 3 B’s.  He is a member of a Marching Music band, despite being blind and on a wheel chair…

Nick Vujicic born in 1982, without any limbs.
Take a second, imagine being without limbs, the work that we conduct on a day to day basis without giving much thought we are utilizing out limbs. Think about the social acceptance just because you are different from the rest, being bullied was a norm for him in school let alone people making fun of him. This affected his self esteem.
Nick never gave up, he has now graduated with a double major and inspires other people especially youths.


The above stories have proven age, physical inabilities does not come in the way of achieving ones dreams.  Determination, perseverance and focus always prevails, this enables an individual in witnessing their dream becoming a reality.
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail". Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Dreams

When human beings are born, they are full of dreams and possibilities.
The inner voice tells them that their dreams are achievable and anything is possible, however as they grow up, the environment around (society at large) expects us to behave in a certain way or to perform things in a certain fashion. The society asks us not to dream big otherwise it would not work out and we would be disappointed, they demand us to follow the norms (if a kid is smart he becomes a Doctor, law, ...) careers are chosen for us, depending on results and family background. And the more we listen to the people around us, the more we stop listening to our inner voice and our dreams, it eventually fades away. Thereafter no matter what we do and how successful we may be perceived to be in the eyes of people, we will still have a feeling of dissatisfaction within us, which will haunt us for the rest of our lives. We cannot escape this feeling.

Dreams are like finger prints, each human being has unique dreams, these dreams are inspired into us in order to leave a "landmark in human history", living an authentic life is taking the time to listen to this inner voice, following this inner voice and believing in this even though the world might tell you otherwise.

People who have followed their dreams have achieved the Impossible....who believed humans could fly..its absurd? yet the Wright Brothers went ahead against all odd's and made this possible, yet today we enter airplanes without giving this much thought. This is the power of listening and following your dreams...

What are your dreams, what do you really want to do, list them down...?