Well, I would say we've been hearing that since a long time ago now, my mum, dad, my siblings, teachers in school and all, they are all about...it’s for your own good.” The truth is, it's very easy to shape a child into the society’s own image of good, hardworking and all, cause the society has it's own path or pattern for such and they believe you should fit into their own image.
The truth I've come to I've come to learn is that no one actually know what’s best for you except you. You would ask me why right, reason is that it is your life and your journey, who else can help run it better than you. Only you know what dreams you have, only you know your aim, goals and aspirations, no one understands it/you better than you. So, the question is when people say you should do that and not this for your own good....whose definition of good are we using?
Then, we were taught not to speak that much, you don't cry in public especially if you are a guy, talking about dreams...you are allowed too, but maybe not beyond the sky. They are all about you being passionate about a doctor, an engineer, a lawyer and the likes, the first time I told someone I am passionate about writing, the person looked at me as if I announced something off.....
I remember a friend of mine, he's much older though, he has this great passion for singing, but his parents wouldn't agree, they wanted him to be a lawyer, he yielded, went to a law school and graduated, after about two years, even though he was doing well, he said he felt unfulfilled, he came to his parents and told them he has done what they want, now he's ready to pursue what he wants.... The thing is if you abandon your dream so as to please others, even if you succeed, you’ll feel like you lost.
The world and the people in it will try to raise you into someone you’re not. They expect you to dance to their tune, to sing their song, and also to perform according to their own script. But that's not the real you, the real you is not performing, the real you should be about becoming. You ask question, you dream, you aim, live, you grow....that's you.
Maybe you happen to come across this, and you've been wondering where it all got messed up, where exactly you lost it, am glad to tell you they are still inside you, they are still alive. You owe yourself a good life, one that feels like yours, not one stitched together by other people’s expectations.
No one came into this world empty. We all have purpose and seeds of greatness buried inside of us, waiting to sprout out and manifest. So check yourself, what dreams do yoh have, not the society's own, those dream of yours that keep you up late in the night..... it's time to go for it, because it's yours, no one else can do it the way you will, the world will only have advise and ideas, but you have the real truth....
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