Pipe Dreamer

The death of my lifelong dream began as soon as it was born. Let me explain; I wanted to be a soccer star. I always wanted to play on the worlds biggest stage, in front of millions of people, doing what I love more than anything else in the world. It was not to be, probably never to be to be honest. Someone else had other plans for me. But I wanted to write about pursuing dreams because it is something we discussed in tribes and youth recently.

Dreams are just that; dreams. There needs to be something to make them reality. That something is hard work. Looking back on my dream, I realize that at the time when I should have been out practising, I was inside playing games on the computer and PlayStation. When I should have been putting in the hard yards, I would have nothing to do with it.

You see, I had these dreams, but I didn't do the work required. Talent alone won't get you there. I always thought it would just happen. But it hasn't, and it won't. They are just pipe dreams, unrealistic fantasy of how awesome it would be if I didn't have to work for what I wanted. Furthermore, how much greater will it feel to have worked your but off and achieved then to coast through life not really doing anything hard. The result will be so much more cherished if its work for.

So let me put it to you like this- procrastination and goals do not mix. Don't put off what you have always wanted to achieve, you might not have that same chance again.