Dream On

Vae is a friend of mine that I got to know recently. She is a pretty girl who is almost flawless in her complexion. (Ha! My wife will kill me for this.)

Anyway, Vae loves to dance. In fact, she loves ballet. She had been dancing since the young age of 5. And she had progressed on until she was about 17. At that young age, she had to leave her country and come to Singapore to further her studies. She wanted to carry on with ballet, but due to the high cost of learning ballet in Singapore, she had stopped dancing.

Vae had a dream of becoming a ballerina. But because of various factors, she had to give it up. I felt that it was a waste that she had to forgo her passion and seek an alternative in her life. She could have been a great ballerina performing around the world!

How many of us are living in a compromise? I am definitely one of them. Very often, we have to let go of our passion because of reality and our livelihood. I always admire people who stand up for their dreams and succeed in fulfilling them.

Recently, I watched a television program that showed an undergraduate opening his 21st cake store in Taiwan. According to him, he had many obstacles when he wanted to open his first store. His parents were against him. He had no money. He had no experience in making cakes. He had thousand and one problems and reasons that pointed to the direction of “Give Up, Fool”. But he also had very strong desire. Finally he succeeded. Now his parents are supportive of him. (How typical.)

Anyway, I feel that it does not matter if one succeeds in achieving the goal, although achieving the goal will be great. I believe that it is the effort and the process of pursuing one's goal that makes life touching, meaningful and complete.