| Pangarap |
[Apr. 8th, 2008|11:45 am] |
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Naaalala mo pa ba
Nang tayo'y musmos pa lang?
Mga pangarap na pinag-usapan
Pangarap nais makamtan
Sasayangin na lang ba?
Itatapon na lang ba?
Tulad ng wasak na...
Pangarap ko nung bata pa ako
Makalabas sa hawlang ito
Handa na akong sumuko sa lahat
Hanggang sa ika'y dumating sa 'king palad
Kung ikaw ay may hangarin
Ako rin may sariling bituin...
Kailangan kong gawin
Ang kailangan kong gawin
Ako sana'y iyong unawain...
Just a thought:
Do the dreams we dream when we're children come true? Do we hold onto them even as we grow old? Or do they just become flickering images that our inner children try to grope in the darkness of sleep, within the realm of Dream himself?
To many of us, growing old means giving up on those dreams. Dreams of becoming a fireman or policeman, a magician or a ballerina, a cowboy or a knight of the round table - many of us see these a childish, immature dreams compared to becoming CEO of a multi-million-dollar corporation or politician, a call-center agent or entrepreneur, an accountant or HR person. If the dream isn't one that can make oodles of cash in the shortest time possible, if the dream isn't efficient, then it becomes childish. But we forget that these childhood dreams are what form us, what influence our childhood decisions, what pave the way to making us well-developed adults. The heroism and courage of firemen and policemen, the awe for wonder and perseverance for one's craft seen in the magician and ballerina, the romance and idealism held fast by the cowboy and knight - these are values that make better persons of us all, that guide the child into a well-adjusted adulthood. We learn to take risks, work hard, and hope. We learn to dream BIG! We learn to love life. With these dreams, as children, we see life as an opportunity for joy. Forgetting these dreams, we come to see life as an opportunity for gain. Joy and gain are not necessarily the same. Joy, happiness, eudaimonia - isn't that what we're truly after?
Further, many regard these beautiful childhood dreams as impossible, as an inefficient use of energy and effort. But the best dreams are the impossible ones, the ones that you give all your effort for even though they never truly come to pass, because even though you never truly achieve them, all your efforts better you as a person. You grow holding fast the values of your childhood dreams and allow them to mold you as a more fully-developed and beautiful person. You grow up knowing that these dreams are the foundations of your desires today.
It's not wrong to want to earn oodles of money. It's not wrong to want to become a CEO. But to give up on dreams because of money, to throw away these values because of a desire to be better than everyone else, that's where the wrong is. Worse, we are often told by people who have given up on their dreams and on their values that how stupid and foolish such dreams are. Then, they force us to throw these dreams away. They force us to give up ideals and values for money and power. They try to strip us of our very being. They fail to understand that our dreams should make us who we are. And then, we become trapped by the trappings of monetary gain.
Dreams. Childhood dreams. Impossible dreams. To understand them is to find happiness. Hold them to your heart and never let them go. We are only children once. Finding them again once they're lost is close to impossible. But then again, looking is worth it. |
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