Day 075

Dear dreamer,

Dare to dream

I have said this time and time again yet, here it goes again. I saw a post suggesting mediocrity as some honorable thing to do. Encouraging cowardice is quite bold. I think not working hard enough while others strive for a great life should in fact be a crime because everybody would be expecting a beautiful harvest, even those who do not deserve it. I dare everyone to dream, to just close their eyes and picture the life they will choose if they were asked to write their destiny by themselves. 

Suggesting a safe life that fights for nothing, strives for nothing worthy of note too is a very terrible advice or school of thought. There's nothing honourable about being lazy and living a disappointing life, getting through life being pushed around. Dare to want things and go for it. Do everything possible and within your power to get the things you want. Wake up every day ready to take on a new challenge. Learn to be afraid and still do what you want to do for yourself because it's your one chance to do it. Dreaming is not left especially for some people. It's for anyone who hopes to live a life enviable enough to inspire others to strive harder. We should embrace the challenge to be more than has ever been suggested to us. 

One reason why a lot of people live in mediocrity is that they do not dream and those that dream run away when the fight is tough. Dare to dream and stand brave enough to see to it that your dreams live to see the day. Let your life be something that is reproduced by others because they appreciate the life you live. Avoid settling like it's a disease because it is and the antidote in case you have been infected is striving hard to have more than you are given. It's not discontentment, it is living worthily.


                    ~A Penniless Dreamer

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