Since the time we were kids, we were taught to dream- think about what we would become when we grow. We didn’t know how many colors a rainbow has, how many seconds a minute has and how many legs a centipede has. We didn’t know where food comes from and how to count money. Yet we knew to dream. We chose to become Doctor- maybe coz we thought they never fall ill, Policeman- it always felt nice to beat the bad guys, Pilot- who doesn’t want to rule the sky? Simple yet original dreams; unbiased and uninfluenced. Some call them castles in the air.

       As we grew up, we realized that Santa is not real, even Batman and Superman are not real, not even Alice and Cinderella, hell even WWF is fake. Things started getting complex. We realized Doctors fall ill and Policemen are beaten in return. And now, a time comes to revise the dreams, with a more practical touch instead. We know we have to lead the life on our own. Parents and friends are there, but they are moral supports. Plus, if you forgot, they have their own lives too. We keep revising until we come to the most apt dream for us.

       If you don’t study and do not become something in life, you do not exist. It’s difficult to survive; (if you felt ‘exist’ was an exaggeration) you won’t get a morsel of food for your stomach. Suddenly food and shelter are not taken for granted any more. You know now where food comes from. Your air castles are now shattered and your dream is turned to dust. You realize that life is not a box of chocolate, only Forrest Gump believes this till now. Life isn’t eternally pleasing to your five senses, I don’t know about the sixth sense (because I don’t see dead people :P) Life appears as the huge grain grinding mill, where you are the grain. Reality completes a full circle around you and rather than it being a part of you, you become a part of it.

     As we grow up a little more, you have chosen your profession and have learned to earn your livelihood. Some travel by yards and some by inches. Some are termed as successful and others are branded losers. What happens to you now stays for the rest of the life. Just a moment, I guess you had a dream in the beginning. What happened to that? Thank God, you at least remember you had a dream of your own, because some people don’t. But any way it hardly makes difference, because the difference is just about having it in the mind or not. Having the life you wanted, is the real thing. At this point of life, you may have a quick recap of all your dreams or fantasies (the new word for your childhood dreams). If you have taken time to read this article till this point then try and take a moment more to reflect your inner self, your dreams. This is the time, where we have to make decisions, whether to realize our dream or let it perish in the back of the mind until it no longer can be revived. I don’t mean to say that give up what you are doing and chase your dreams nor do I want you to believe fairy tales again. I mean, don’t let your dreams die. Do what you are meant to do but also do what you want to do. The grandest achievements are in your small steps. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams (not my line).

We cannot go back and make a brand new start, but we can definitely go ahead and make a brand new end!