When I was a little boy( may be studying in nursery class), my mother would often tell me that I would become a doctor once i would grow up. It was an idea that was frequently installed in my mind.
I remember one particular night while lying under a starry sky, I told her, "Mama, I want to be a pilot." I used to see my maternal uncle traveling abroad. More than that, i would watch planes flying over my head. These two things fascinated me a lot. In response, my mother said something that has stayed with me ever since:
"If a person changes their decision with every passing day, they can never become a truly great person."
Throughout my Matric and FSc, everyone assumed that once I passed the MDCAT (the entrance exam for medical college admission), I would become a doctor. However, that is not what happened.
I took the exam four times and failed on every attempt.
I used to think this might be the end of life, or maybe life just revolves around being just a doctor, but it turned out to be a new beginning. I was unsure about which subject path to choose, but then, somehow, I opted for English Literature and Linguistics.
I am a graduate now, and I regularly take tests and appear for interviews for various government and private sector jobs. however, I have yet to achieve success.
I have taken so many exams, and i am failing most of them.Today, i received the result of an important exam and i failed. But that does not mean the path I have selected for me is wrong. There may be shortcomings in my effort, but I cannot stop dreaming.
One should certainly create a roadmap for success. Once your goal is set, you can mold yourself accordingly. Life does not simply moves with your goals. But, you must work hard to achieve them. Even if you do not reach the specific goal, still the process of chasing and following that dream can lead you to something far greater. This plays a vital role in shaping your character.
Setting goals and dreaming is similar to having hope. Moreover, hope is equivalent to human life. We humans are walking hopes in one or in the other way. Everyone of us is hopeful for something in their lives. It would not be wrong to say that hope is synonym with life itself. Therefore, I believe that from childhood, one should dream and build hopes around life. Afterward, a person should work continuously to bring those dreams to real life.
When children will learn to dream and to set goals only then he would be able to reach them. It means setting goals is the first step to achieve something in real life. We all know things often don't work out accordingly but one should always keep chasing these dreams. The one thing which all of us have is to working smartly and hardly for our roadmap of success and leave the result part on your destiny.
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