Jul 10 2009
“Dream as if you have forever. Live as if you only have today.”
“Dream as if you have forever. Live as if you only have today.”
James Dean
I would say that this is my main struggle that I am going through right now. I start to dream then stop to ask if that is really realistic. Are all of your dreams supposed to be realistic? Aren’t you supposed to reach for the stars?
When you’re very young you are told over and over by the vast majority of people that you need to reach for the stars, or to do whatever it takes to make your dreams to come true. Then when you go to school they humor those thoughts for a little bit, then one day you hit high school and suddenly you are constantly told to be more realistic! This reminds me of a great comedy skit by Eddie Izzard in his “Dress to Kill” movie. In his skit he is told to keep changing his career dreams because he is shooting too high, or as he says in his skit he needs to “scale it down a bit”.
Then when you get to college everyone starts acting like then did when you were a kid again. They give you this long list of all the majors and careers that you can pick anything that you think would be great and go to school for it then do it for the rest of your life! Very rarely will you meet a counselor or advisor who will say, “Um nope I don’t think that this is the right major for you”.
So I say always have HUGE OVER THE TOP DREAMS! Just be sure to keep yourself in a reality check by making a plan to get to those dreams. Also always make sure that you do have a back up plan. That does not mean that you don’t believe in yourself, or that your dreams are too far fetched, it just means you are being careful while reaching for the stars! Putting yourself into debt or into an unsafe situation while going for your dreams has never helped anyone to reach their goals! So while dreaming big for your forever time that you have, live each day to the fullest. Don’t put your life on hold until you reach those goals! Enjoy everyday of your adventure!
