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Dream on... Dream High !!
A million things come gushing through us... Some to stay, while some flicker. And yet some
have always been with us and yet elude us... Why is that so? Now that I have realized it, I keep
wondering why does this happen? We ponder about some, we don't care about some, some affect
us more than anything, some make us happy. All these thoughts, well they make our brain do a lot of
lot of work and tire it. Wouldn’t it be easier to live without any of this, I wonder. Imagine living without
a worry, not an expectation, not a dream, not a memory, not a desire and not even a thought from the
past. Wouldn’t that be something??! Wouldn’t that make us relaxed and at peace? I now realize why
people go in search of their soul and yet some in search of oblivion. It’s charm is definitely luring. And
I finally understand when some one says ‘I have done everything that I wanted to.. Achieved every
goal that I have set for myself, it is now time for me to take some time out and do what I lost in the
process!’ Michael Phelps recenty said so. To those of who do not recognise him, he is a swimming
prodigy. Him saying this after winning 18 Olympic golds and 30 glorious years in his swimming career
is acceptable. I am 21 years of age, and as my dad says “I got my whole life ahead of me!”
So is it acceptable if I or people of my age desire to break free from all the thoughts that put
their minds into turmoil??
Well, according to me it is not. The devils in our mind will tire us. The thoughts will only keep
multiplying. But these are the fundamental entities that make up our life, make up who we are. And if
we think of them as disturbing, they will disturb us throughout our life.. And if we decide to over power
them and go beyond them then we have done something with our life and have a chance at achieving
what we set out for ourselves.
So now that all that is settled, it comes down to this. Why am I writing this? As everything in this
world has a purpose this must have too. Well it does. Today’s generation, as advanced and tech
savvy it may seem, it is not inspired. They do not have a goal for themselves. Lost in the rat race of
today's world, they do not have focus or determination. As our ex-President, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
rightly said- ‘dream high and dream big!’ I want our generation which happens to be the future of our
nation to dream high and set high goals for themselves. Because fiercely determined, there is nothing
that can stop them. And we defence kids, well we definitely have an edge over others!!!
So.. good luck guys!! Make your dreams come true!!
Sruthi Poduval
D/o DIG S Chandran
CGDHQ-4, Kochi
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