Dream Stealers

Have you ever experienced a situation where you told someone about your dreams and aspirations in life and said person would tell you anything or go to any length to tell you how what you just told him or her is "not a good idea."

person: what do you do?
You: i'm an undergrad...
You: studying accounting and engineering or engineering finance or Language antropology
Person: rubbish! why are you studying such
you: thats what i love, my passion lies in that
Person: cant you do somn else such as integrated Yoruba
Person: people are making it in that field you know
You: Yes, i know but we all cant swim in the same river
Person: True that, i'm not trying to discourage you or anything but....

i know we have all heard this or had such dialogue at one time or the other in our not so young lives. but closely examining these people, one would realise they havent done much with themselves, you could argue that, thats the reason why ther are saying such, they are only advising you (trying to steer us in the right path) but i beg do be a rebel against that opinion. one thing is for you to advise me another thing is for you not to have anything positive to say about whatever goals and aspirations i have or have planned for myself. there is a not so crooked line between hateration and bad belle.

people like said fellow, in my books are simply referred to as DREAM STEALERS! Their being dream stealers dont mean that they would discourage you from whatever idea you have come up with and then turn around and take your idea and use it to their benefit. NO! totally not the case. they are DREAM STEALERS in that they dont have anything good or positive to offer as an alternative to whatever dream you have for yourself. they are thieves who try to rub u of ur dreams by negating whatever dreams you have planned.

Do i hear you say,"BUT ITS ONLY A DREAM!" Yes! i totally agree with you on that. but i'll also add that, DREAMS ARE WHAT FUELS THE PROGRESS OF MANKIND." if people b4 now didnt dream who knows whether we would still be eating raw uncooked meat. if the explorers of old didnt dream of reaching the end of the world, we might not have discovered the different civilizations present in the world today. if sailors has not dreamt of a far away beautiful virgin land there would have not beed expeditions into the unknown that brought about the discovery of the numerous and less known places that were found during these quests for the beautiful virgin land.

My word to you on all this is for you to follow your dreams, never allow someone or anyone to put your dream down as being inferior or impossible especially if that person doesnt have anything better to contribute or give as an alternative. stand tall, follow your dream, i might also add that sometimes it might only be a dream but you would never know if its just a dream if you dont follow it far enough to realize what it really is. on a final note...BEWARE OF THE DREAM STEALERS WE HAVE AMONG US.

thanks for reading