Have you ever had a moment where you knew exactly what you wanted to do with your life? I have...the only problem is I've experienced it several times and it happens ever few years. Sometimes it only lasts half a year before I find another passion. I don't really mind though. If I stuck to just one thing my whole life I would feel like I was missing out. I had an argument with my piano teacher once about this where I said I didn't want to just practice the piano all the time because I wanted a life. With which she responded that those who spent their whole lives doing nothing but play the piano had remarkable wonderful lives and even tried to assert that their lives might even be better than others. Ironically her only prodigy at the time grew up to be a shut in, depressed, unable to function in society, and for years refused to touch the piano. I'm not saying that it's wrong to have one grand passion for a lifetime. I am saying that it is not for me and probably not for most people. The fact that we have the ability to get bored ever in this magnificent world full of wonders proves to me that humans need change. In other words I've been crazy about making my own books lately and I haven't ever been crazy about it before but now I am and I'm perfectly ok with it. My husband even supports it....mostly. I hope others are ok with their sudden dream changes too.
It is my theory if we as a society allowed people to change dreams as often as they wanted we would have a much more creative and a much less stressed out world. If I wasn't so worried about following a societal norm I would drop out of school tomorrow and start my own book printing press. My husband would quit his job and be a fire fighter. If we did this our mortgage would never get paid and we'd be out on the curb in a few months. However we could be a little less strict with ourselves and chase a few more dreams. I think I'm going to try. Even when I'm tired with no time left to do anything but write a research paper I'm going to let myself dream and maybe even take a couple minutes and sketch some ideas. My other goal is to let others have room for dreams. The next time my mother says she's going to put off finishing her degree because she needs to work I'm going to do my best to convince her that dad makes enough money and she should register. I think I'm also going to just start finding out what my loved one's dreams are and see if I can help. Maybe that's how things will change, maybe more dreams come true when you get a little help. I think I'll call it the pixie dust project.
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