Realistic dreaming..

Sometimes I wonder where we should draw the line between dreaming about achieving great things and being realistic in our goals.

I guess I can understand why parents or teachers or even our friends always encourage us when we tell them we have an idea, a dream, a big dream! Nobody wants to be the one to crush someone's dreams.. and who knows, maybe some dreams may appear big but they're achievable..

But then at some point, surely being realistic is important to save ourselves from disappointments?

At some point you realise certain dreams aren't yours to realise.. you could argue that it means the dream doesn't mean that much to me so I don't pour in all my blood and sweat into achieving it but I guess my point of view is that we all have certain limitations to our abilities and whether they can be overcome purely by effort is sometimes difficult to say..

For now I still find myself dreaming big from time to time.. but I've come to realise that dreams don't have to be big to mean something or to motivate me..

-llen-