Dreams Unlimited !!!

Should one have dreams?? or should one just go on??

Dreams... who doesn't have any dreams?? May be some people don't but I am yet to meet such a person. Dreams are something, I believe, you get for free with life. They are different for everybody though... as in someone dreams about money, someone dreams about getting Aishwarya (or Shahrukh as the case may be) as their better-half, someone dreams about becoming the next Big B of Bollywood, someone dreams about making it big in sports and blah blah blah... You can dream whatever you want to. After all they are probably the only tax-free thing in our country that you can enjoy.

Is it right to dream? As in I am not asking whether it is ethically right or whether the Shiv Sena will blast you if you dream. I am talking of a more practical point of view here. A better question could be that does dreaming hamper the growth (again, not physical or mental) of a person? The answer to this can probably not be a straight forward 'YES' or 'NO'. It is not that objective a question after all.

There was a dialogue in Aditya Chopra's DDLJ... "Sapne dekho... par unke poore hone ki shart mat rakho" ("Have dreams... but do not put a condition for them to be fulfilled"). This dialogue will probably sound emotionally very healing to somebody who has recently been through a broken-dream-syndrome or is going through it presently. But for others, does this make sense? As in what is the whole point in dreaming if you don't wish them to be fulfilled??? I don't understand that.

Some people say that you should take life as it comes and don't dream of the future. Let life go on. I strongly oppose this philosophy. I personally believe that having dreams keeps you going, keeps you motivated and gives you something to work towards. But then again, this is too objective a statement and can't be accepted as it is without if's and but's. My BUT here is that do have dreams BUT don't be the next Mungeri Lal (remember the serial telecast on Doordarshan long time back... when people of my age were still happier on the last day of school before the summer vacation than probably getting a date with Aishwarya!!). For people who don't remember the serial or have never seen it... the above statement simply means that don't get impractical in dreaming. As in don't dream to become a Tata or an Ambani. I am in no means saying that you can't. If they could, then everybody can. But as they never dreamt of it, you also don't dream of it. It is a very commonly used saying - "Dream big"... I would not say that it is not correct. Dream big for sure, but let big be just BIG, and not TOO BIG.

Another view point could be that don't dream coz it hurts bad when a dream of your's is shattered. And if you have not thought anything and something good happens, you will feel more good than if you had thought about it. But then again, is this not a part of the game? If every dream was fulfilled, then would dreams not lose their meaning? Think of the contentment you would get if you get one of your dreams fulfilled!! It will be a feeling that no other feeling could beat. You will feel proud.

So, in my opinion, dream... but let there be some practicality in your dreams also. Know your limits.

Happy dreaming... and all the best!