Part II — Why Some Dreams Stay Dreams
The support behind every winner — and the way dreams change with life
AI Generation Prompt
Watercolour painting — an ultra-wide cinematic banner (16:5). A person on a softly lit stage holding up a trophy, and behind them, faintly glowing, a whole crowd of supporting hands and faces — the unseen network that made one winner possible. Warm and grateful, glowing against a dark ground. Loose luminous watercolour washes, soft wet-on-wet colour bleeds, granulation and visible paper grain, glowing against the dark ground. No text, no labels.
Part II — The network, the obstacles, the change
Now the mother turns gentle and honest. No dream is reached alone; many dreams never come true; and — most movingly — a dream can change across a life, and still be worth chasing.
When you watch the Academy Awards for best actors and actresses and films, the winner always thanks people that formed his/her support network. So, you see that for one winner, there is a group of people who stood by him/her. It is good to be able to fulfil your dreams but for a lot of people, dreams remain dreams. Although everyone at one time or other has wistfully said to oneself, "I wish I could be this or the other," they have never got beyond just . They could have preferred to trade their dream for security.
I know of people whose dream was to go to the then Raffles College, now the National University of Singapore, but the Japanese invasion during World War II changed forever their destiny. I know too, of people who had wished to finish secondary school but they had to go out to work so that they could support their through school. No, I am not going to your dreams, but you will also have to consider the years you need to chase your dream.
After all the obstacles are considered, if the burning conviction is still , then go ahead and do something about it. From my own experience, life itself may change a person's dreams. These hopes and are no less than the original dream of younger days. For example, publishing this book is a dream I have chased in the last ten years. This was not the dream I had in my youth but my original dream has changed over the years. So, I wish at least one of your dreams comes true too. Love, Mum.
The most surprising idea in the letter is that a dream can change across your life — and the new dream is 'no less than the original dream of younger days.' The mother even shares her own: publishing this very book, a dream that replaced her youthful one. Is a changed dream a failure of the first dream, or something else?
Take a moment to form your answer before reading further.
Q1.What does the Academy Awards example teach about success?
AI Generation Prompt
Watercolour painting — an ultra-wide cinematic banner (16:5). A person on a softly lit stage holding up a trophy, and behind them, faintly glowing, a whole crowd of supporting hands and faces — the unseen network that made one winner possible. Warm and grateful, glowing against a dark ground. Loose luminous watercolour washes, soft wet-on-wet colour bleeds, granulation and visible paper grain, glowing against the dark ground. No text, no labels.
Part II — The network, the obstacles, the change
Now the mother turns gentle and honest. No dream is reached alone; many dreams never come true; and — most movingly — a dream can change across a life, and still be worth chasing.
When you watch the Academy Awards for best actors and actresses and films, the winner always thanks people that formed his/her support network. So, you see that for one winner, there is a group of people who stood by him/her. It is good to be able to fulfil your dreams but for a lot of people, dreams remain dreams. Although everyone at one time or other has wistfully said to oneself, "I wish I could be this or the other," they have never got beyond just . They could have preferred to trade their dream for security.
I know of people whose dream was to go to the then Raffles College, now the National University of Singapore, but the Japanese invasion during World War II changed forever their destiny. I know too, of people who had wished to finish secondary school but they had to go out to work so that they could support their through school. No, I am not going to your dreams, but you will also have to consider the years you need to chase your dream.
After all the obstacles are considered, if the burning conviction is still , then go ahead and do something about it. From my own experience, life itself may change a person's dreams. These hopes and are no less than the original dream of younger days. For example, publishing this book is a dream I have chased in the last ten years. This was not the dream I had in my youth but my original dream has changed over the years. So, I wish at least one of your dreams comes true too. Love, Mum.
The most surprising idea in the letter is that a dream can change across your life — and the new dream is 'no less than the original dream of younger days.' The mother even shares her own: publishing this very book, a dream that replaced her youthful one. Is a changed dream a failure of the first dream, or something else?
Take a moment to form your answer before reading further.
Q1.What does the Academy Awards example teach about success?