Follow Your Dreams

I was the little girl in school who had absolutely no idea what she wanted to be, or do when she grew up. Even through high school, my biggest struggle was how I wanted to spend my life. That is a pretty big commitment afterall. A life sentence, so to speak. How could I possibly limit myself to an occupation?

I remember one day in specific when my 5th grade teacher went around the room and asked each of my classmates what they wanted to be when we grew up. I heard some pretty great answers from my friends. Police officers, nurses, lawyers, fire-fighters, the list could go on and on. When the teacher stood in front of me, my answer was quick, and false. "I want to be a teacher." (Okay, so this statement was not at all correct. But hey, it earned me some brownie points.) The truth was, I had no idea what I wanted to be.

It wasn't until the 10th grade that I finally decided that I had to choose. I had a dream, and I needed to give it a voice. I didn't want to be average (Don't get me wrong here, teachers, nurses, police officers, lawyers, and every other occupation out there is very important. God calls everyone to a specific job. But not everyone is capable of those things. I guess that's where I come in).

Truth is, I had always had a dream. A dream that I didn't dare to tell anyone. It's like when a mother tells her child that he can be anything he wants; even the President of the United States. She probably doesn't actually believe her own statement. And those around the child will eventually fill his head with statements such as, "You need to choose something more realistic."or "Well, that's a great dream and all, but you should definitely make sure you have a backup plan for when that one falls through."

You see, I have one of those unrealistic dreams. And it is simply this: I want to change the world. I want to leave this place better than it was when I entered it. Pretty unrealistic dream, huh? Well, I don't know about you, but I would say that people called Martin Luther King Jr. crazy when he told the world about his dream. Or what about the Wright brothers, when they were building their first "flying machine?" How many times had they been ridiculed for their dreams? How many times had someone told them it simply could not be done? These men impacted the world.

　

　

With that being said, I have 12 reasons that you too, should follow your God-given dreams:
1.) If you don't follow your dreams, you'll crush them... And eventually, you'll stop dreaming altogether.
2.) There are few things that are worse than regret. What will you regret tomorrow that you didn’t do today?
3.) Dreamers who took action have created everything around you.
4.) Following your dreams doesn’t always turn out as planned, but hey, it makes for some great memories.
5.) Personal growth happens only when you stretch yourself. If you don’t follow your dreams you’re not stretching.
6.) You want to be remembered. Everybody does. We remember those who follow their dreams.
7.) Your dreams and your actions define who you are. If you do what others tell you to do then you’re letting them define you.
8.) When people who look up to you see you following your dreams it will inspire some of them to follow their dreams as well.
9.) Following your dreams makes you interesting.
10.) You learn a lot from failure. Not everybody will get everything right 100% of the time. Since you will probably fail at times, you’ll learn a lot too.
11.) There are no rules in life so why limit yourself to what everybody else is doing?
12.) You might live to be 100 years old, but tomorrow is never promised. Take a chance.




So, here's to the crazy ones. The misfits

"The people who are crazy enough to believe that they can change the world, are the ones who do."