It's Time.

Just attended a motivation seminar by EJ McNight this afternoon. One of the best seminars i've ever attended. Here are my insights..

First of all...if you're gonna dream of something, dream something big. There's no use of you dreaming if it's not. It's fun to dream..but it's difficult to attain it. One step at a time. It's not an overnight thing. It takes a lot of time and patience. Try and try until you succeed. I mean, that's soo cliche but it's true. Imagine if Edison got tired of trying to light a frikking bulb? It was that last try that he did it. Dreams are made to be achieved and not to be forgotten because our dreams define who we are. And if we keep our dreams behind us, bury it...a part of us dies. There are millions of people who buried their dreams and thus the 'dream world' that would have been died as well.

Secondly, the world has taught us so many lies. It is full of deceptions. When we were younger, we wanted to be astronauts and as people grew older, we become more "realistic" but that's bull. Reality is that as we grow older, the closer we get to attaining our dreams, but the world has told us so much lies like, "you're not capable because you're in a 3rd world country" or "you're not smart enough." The bad thing about this is that the lies the world is telling us are negative stuff. It'd be a lot better if the lies would at least make us feel good about ourselves.

Lastly, not everything we dream of would turn out the way we thought it would be. There would be a few detours..but if we think it would happen, and we believe in ourselves and if we are passionate enough, we will make it happen. Good things don't happen to good people. Good things happen because people make it happen. And I know you can make it happen.

Here's a really cute thing he shared. An autobiography of a man in 5 chapters. There might be some changes..cos I don't remember it exactly..hehe..

Chapter 1: I was walking down the street. Saw a hole and fell into it. I tried and struggled, couldn't get out.
Chapter 2: I was walking down the street. Saw a hole and fell into it. I tried and struggled, got out after a few hours.
Chapter 3: I was walking down the street. Saw a hole and fell into it. I tried and was able to get out.
Chapter 4: I was walking down the street. Saw a hole and walked around it. It's not my fault that hole is there.
Chapter 5: I was walking down a new path.

Sometimes, we just need to realize that we're taking the wrong path to get to our dreams. Stupidity is doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result.
Then I realized something. For years, I believed the lies the world has been telling me. It's time to bring those dreams out and show the world who I really am. It's time to start living.