Daring to Dream

                                                             I have blogged earlier about Oscar Pretorius who with his both legs amputated (later fitted with prosthesis called blade runner ) became world champion not only against fellow physically challenged but at least once against able bodied people . Take most of the human inventions or achievements even the "chance " discovery of pencillin or the Wright brothers first flight everything was achieved with hardwork , determination , luck to some extent but most importantly the "dream " of achieving something .

I am not now talking about the big dreams but the smaller dreams of lesser mortals like you and me . Yup we are called lesser mortals to distinguish from the big dreamers like Napoleon who told nothing is impossible ...

What are your dreams?  ... and how many have you achieved ? Or are you like someone who doesnt dare to dream .. ?   Though each persons small dreams are so varied for illustration purpose i will say of a small dream i achieved long back .

I wanted to learn salsa the latin dance form . But as is even the case in kerala proper classes were not available . And im not wealthy enough to go to South america to learn it . And as if nature is cruel when i got a job in mumbai the happening place with a vibrant salsa scene i was shuttling from city to city . But the dream lingered on . And the impossible happened which arrested most of the travelling jobs for a few months in 2009 . The recession . Though it hit all , for the first time could be in mumbai for a few months at a stretch and viola .... Basic salsa course was finished . I think if that smouldering desire was not there for years and i had given up on my dream i would have been thinking of n number of things during the recession . When i look back : recession for me was salsa . one of my dream realisation .

Ok you hate dances and u may hate me too :) So let me iterate dreams of other people more dignified . Did i tell you about the class sleeper in college . He was literally dreaming in college . Spread over in the bench he dreamed of becoming a computer engineer . You may ask he should have studied hard instead of dreaming . But this guy who was my classmate was dreaming of being a computer engineer sleeping in MBBS class .  Especially in those days it was frowned upon and career options were more rigid . But i saw his dream getting realised over years and he is now abroad pursuing his passion in computing . Of course with eyes open now .

Though i am not iterating my dreams here let me tell you honestly that as long as the dream was dared it was achieved . Of course hard work was involved , some luck , some time etc but the main energy was the dream . Many seemingly impossible things were achieved of course with time .

Nowadays when i talk to friends there is one thing  i really get worked up about and i speak my mind . Its when any of them says somethings is impossible or too difficult that they dont dare to dream . Though its said if wishes were horses beggars would ride im yet to find a beggar who dared to wish or dream and didnt ride a horse .. At least he will ride a bicycle .. Try it :)

PS : for the highly academic oriented substitute salsa for PHD or equivalent and those who want cars substitute  a bmw for salsa etc .. Your dreams are yours alone ..But as the title says Dare to Dream