We've all been sold early in our childhood about the ultimate dream of being rich and famous. You see your favorite celebrity on TV and you tell yourself, "I want to be just like him/her when I grow up." You tell everyone about the big dream, family, friends, it's even a topic in school "what do you want to be when you grow up.", everyone goes big, everything from a famous movie celebrity to President of the United States of America. We tell the adults about our dream, we get a pat on the back of some sort and they tell us we can be anything we want as long as we put our mind to it. What they don't tell us however, is how difficult such dreams are to accomplish.
It is true that if we put our mind to something we can obtain it, but that is not the case for everyone out there. A lot of people aren't as strong mentally to handle the ups and downs and the hard work it takes to obtain our enormous dream. None of us are being taught how to weather the storm, push through all the pain and suffering that will come upon us as we strive forward to be all that we can be. We are made to believe that if you want to be something all you have to do is wait until you get older and it'll all happen. Many people go to college, get their degrees in whatever field they desire and then are left waiting years and years before they can catch a break, meanwhile Kim Kardashian makes a sex tape and gets her own reality TV show making millions on top of millions, what's wrong with that picture?
It gets harder as we get older to live comfortably, work at a job that we actually enjoy being at but not all is lost. Big dreams and aspirations come with a lot of hope and determination but it also comes with a lot of pain and heartbreak. Those of us who continue to push forward during those rough times are more likely to succeed then the ones that decide to give up the first time something doesn't go their way. In reality, nothing you ever want is going to come easy, whether it is your dream job or finding the person that loves you, it will always be hard. Giving up will lead you nowhere,
Working hard also does not guarantee that you will be successful, you won't necessarily become rich if you work really hard at being an executive at a high end firm, it is no sure thing you'll be President of the United States if you decide to study politics all your life, but you'll get much more out of working hard at it than if you would giving up after the first time you get fired or after you fail your first test.
With all the different things that are going on in society now, we have to be even more focused and work even harder to be successful, not everyone will be President of the United States or be the next Jay-Z but if you work hard enough who knows, maybe you can be Vice President or a Senator or the next underground rapper that has the world talking. How will you ever know if you reached your full potential if you decide you're going to give up because you weren't told how difficult things would be? Yes we were all told to dream big, we just aren't told we will have to fight like hell just to be successful.
