Imagine this:
You have had a dream ever since you were nine years old. But your parents forbade you from chasing because “It’s not meant for you,” they said.
You put your dream aside as you grow up because you have to work and feed your family.
Now that your children have grown up and started working, you decide to pursue that dream.
But your wife and children stop you from doing it because “Don’t you think it’s too late and disgraceful for a 70-year-old to be a ballet dancer?”
Would you give up on your dream now that you’re seventy years old and your family objects to it?
This is the inspiring story of a 70-year-old man who wanted to be a ballet dancer in the K-drama “Navillera”.
I’ve learned that chasing your dream can make you as happy, if not happier, than fulfilling the dream itself.
I believe that what makes us happy is the journey towards achieving our dream, not the achievement. The planning, the obstacles we have to overcome, and the tears and sweat are what mould us into better people, not the dream.
At the end of the day, what you have is not as important as who you’ve become.
So, please do not give up chasing your dream regardless of how old you are because even though you may not be able to achieve it, you can at least enjoy the pursuit. And who knows, you may even reach it “accidentally”? What do you have to lose?
