Find Your "Yes"

I am a dreamer.

It took me a while to finally realize who I am.

There was a man, having visited many countries and selflessly taught and do good to many, returned back to his hometown. One particular day, He was doing the same to his own people - sharing his ideas and doing charity works. After he was done teaching the crowd, the people in the crowd questioned, “Is he not that poor man's son? Why has he suddenly gained so much of popularity?”

To the world, they could not understand. The well-meaning ones told me that I have got to find my footing — “you got to know what you really want, and not everyone gets to do what they really love. Just focus on where you are at.”

Stay grounded and be content with what you get in life.

Those who are less tactful simply snickered and said, “you know — you really got to grow up. Start behaving like a mature person and stop dreaming. You will never become successful otherwise.”

Ouch.

They never knew because, in front of them, I put on a smile. To their words, well-meaning or not, I nod my head and said thanks with a smile. But more often than not, I lie in my bed with tears streaming down the side of my eyes when the words would replay over and again in my mind. I would question myself with the “whys” — “Why am I the odd one? Why can’t I be like anyone else? Why can’t I stay grounded? Why can’t I be happy to stay put at where I am?”

Even my close friends and family cannot understand why.

He broke off the relationship saying that he cannot see a future with me.

Major ouch.

As a result, I kept it all within me.

I am afraid to share anymore.

I no longer speak of dreams to anyone else.

I try to live as normally as I can and feel my soul wither slowly.

But remember the story of that poor man's son when he disregard their voices and opinions while he shared his knowledge to the people in his own hometown in the beginning of this post?

He chose to focus on those who are willing to listen to him. He shared to those who came to learn from him with an open heart.

“A wise man, or a popular one, is not without honour except in his own country and in his own house.”

As for me — the dream is placed within me, for me. The world that surrounds me may not understand and support me but it should not stop me from dreaming.

They did not hear the dream. I did.

To you, the ones who are running after your dreams:

Keep dreaming and keep fighting for your dreams. It is more blessed to have a dream to fight for, than to aimlessly live out the rest of your lives in the expectation of others.

People around you may not give you their Yes, but as you continue on your journey, you will come across with much more “Yes-es” than you could ever imagine.

It took me a longer while but because I did not give up, I found courage to dream again.

Keep showing up to your dream. Find your "YES".

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