LIVING YOUR DREAM (Part 1)

Often times, adults have come out complaining about how they could not be what they would have wanted to be in life.

A lot have come out to blame it on financial constraints but bulk of the blame have fallen on those trying to please their parents.

Fast forward to the present day youth and ask the same question and the answer you will get from majority of the youths is the fact that a lot of them are living their parents dream.

Investigations into why some adults have faltered in what they do showed that they never ventured into what they love. One step in being one of the best at your job is to love what you do no matter the pay at that moment.
That aside, citing an example of failures in the medical line, a large percentage of the failed and uncommitted doctors we have nowadays joined the profession because of the large salary but in most cases, those who have succumbs to their parents’ pressure to join the profession.
I once spoke to a medical doctor who cited an example of a family where the father and mother are both medical doctors and they insisted and ensured all four of their children studied medicine.
Three of these four never loved or wanted to be medical doctors but because of parental pressure, they had to succumb and follow their parents will. That also does not mean you should disobey your parents but laying down your life dreams and targets would go a long way in helping them understand.
Sometimes you ask yourself why some students fail in WAEC and UTME repeatedly. In some cases, it might be because some were not cut out for it or lack of seriousness at most instances, but most of them are in such predicaments because they fell to parental and peer pressure.
Because your best friend is going to science class does not mean you are science inclined.
Making reference to the movie “Beyond the Light”, a lot of people would be drawn away by the flair of the main act “Noni”, but forget to look into the message passed by the second main act “Kaz”. All through, he followed the dream of his Dad, being a police officer, having a clean record so he can venture into politics and run for senate in the near future.
All along, he never seemed to chase his dream. Though it took time, but he soon realised that wasn’t his dream.
Many a times, we see parents telling their children to go into a particular field or the other. Some have turned out to be parents trying to correct the mistakes they made growing up. They often times want to use the kids as a medium to show they were not complete failures.
The question then is, are you living your dream?

Do you love what you are doing now? Is it too late to start again?

Can I still make amends?

Will my parents buy into the idea?

As many questions that might be bothering your mind, join the series “LIVING YOUR DREAM”. At one point or the other, the real punch you need for that drive towards a greater tomorrow might just come up.

WRITTEN BY : Orherhe EJIRO

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