I SEE HOPE IN THE EYES OF DREAMS

It is another day, a day full of surprises. No one knows what exactly it will bring but I can only expect the best to happen. It is a time when expectations are, not to say the least, high.For some, The heart is full of what ought and should be done but reality is full of uncertainty, mistakes, poor wages and rash decisions. In the island of determination, hope is an essential food of life that should be consumed reasonable.

When dreams drive you to set goals, goals become your mirror of self examination.Hope represent your strenght to hold on.Without hope it is impossible to achieve enthusiastic confidence, the energy to achieve greatness. To make a dream come true, one needs to work with realistic tools, determination and courage.

 When I talk about dream, it is not just the wish to acquire material success, fame or the wish to be materially prosperous. It also includes wish to be positively transform in every aspect of life. In other words, dream is the wish to become something or something in the future, especially one that appears to be difficult to achieve,due to unfavourable circumstances. It could be emotional, material or spiritual. Dreams, I think, are often wrapped in faith irrespective of ones religious belief or background.

I never really knew the value of freedom of good association until I lost it. Then I realised that I have wasted most of my adulthood painting a picture of what is not real. I allowed ‘if’ to flood my thinking faculty and did not explore the opportunities I had in my environment.But now I am aware and know better.What about you?Do you always bemoan your lack of opportunities,educational advantages,influence and time? Or have you been dreaming for long time without taking active steps to realise your dream? Dreams are hard to follow but the greatest hardship comes, psychologically, when you allow anyone to tear your dreams away.I beleive that when hard work is marched with faith in JEHOVAH GOD, setbacks will not prevent you from achieving your dreams.Although I abhor poverty in any form, materially or spiritually.But,it is not wise to aspire to get rich at all cost or any means.Personal principle and focus should be allowed to isolate you from friends and people who do not believe that you can work out something good,or that what ever one does to acquire wealth is justified by the wealth in the end ----‘the end justify the means’syndrome.This will not encourage or bring out the best in you.

However, it is not always easy to realise dreams without support. Dreams fulfilment may be a long journey when you face the world alone. When anxiety, discouragement and fear come, no one reaches out a hand of encouragement for you to hold. As I have seen, you are tempted to believe that the sky of success and achievement is out of reach. At this point errors are likely to come. I believe errors are part of life. Thus, it should be viewed properly. When errors manifest in activities geared towards realising dreams, setback may occur. This setback often referred to as failure, can be learned from because any failed attempt could be used for another venture successfully when given proper attention. Rejecting failure as the best one can offer is a recovery step towards success, but learning from the past shortcomings and making positive, active changes is a tonic towards achieving greatness.

Frankly, no matter how bad or precarious situation looks as long as there is good health and life,always fight against discouragement and self–centeredness.keep the faith,a necessary tool for hope. I well know that an emotionally disturbed mind can’t recognise opportunities let alone explore. So be cool.Take active steps to make things happen.In time,you shall find the way,the point of break—through and explore. At the point of sustainable break—through dream will eventually become reality.Yes,in the eyes of dream,you can see hope.