What is the meaning of if you can dream it you can do it?

As a child, I always dreamed of being a writer. But I never knew where to start or how to go about it. No one in my family was a writer. And, in those days, parents were not as hands-on as they are now that they would look up courses, find online articles, or download videos that teach the art of writing. We figured things out on our own. We did not have Google uncle for help either.

As I grew up, I did nothing that brought me closer to my dream of being a writer. I pursued Engineering. Then worked in the corporate sector for over ten years. I followed it with an MBA. Then worked as a consultant. None of this was going to help me with my writing. But, all this while, I kept nurturing my dream. Like watering a plant. I wrote every now and then. About anything. About everything. About the dog the followed me down the street. About the food my mom made. About the rain. About my trip to the mountains. About my friends and my sisters. About my feeling. Everything.

The thought that I could get published and become an author like the ones I looked up to never even crossed my mind. Until one day all those small pieces I had written were discovered by someone who gave me and my writing a chance and there, just like that, I got published for the first time!

I couldn’t believe it – 15 years on, I still have vivid memories of that day and the excitement and importance, it held in my life. I realised at that point that that’s all I had been doing all my life. Dreaming. Dreaming of being a writer. And I had never stopped dreaming or writing. Knowingly or unknowingly, I had followed my dreams. Everything else that had been so important in my life actually did not matter after all. But nothing ever goes waste. I used my technical knowledge to write technology based articles for newspapers and magazines. I wrote strategy documents and website content for many companies. All this while writing a poem or a story every now and then.

Dreams are like Pied Pipers. They have a way of leading us to our destination. The dream that we once harboured is deeply rooted in our mind and heart and hard to let go. We are going about our lives while they are quietly doing their job. The problem starts when we stop dreaming. When we have no aspirations. When we drudge along and live life like it’s a chore.

So, don’t stop dreaming. You’re never too old or too young to dream. And no dream is too big or small. Dream when you’re awake. Dream when you’re asleep. Believe in that dream. And then live that dream. Make it real. Make it happen.

Like Dr APJ Abdul Kalam said,’Dreams are not what you see in your sleep. It is the thing which doesn’t let you sleep.’

 

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