It is interesting to note how the perception of our goal changes when we aged. From 4 years old to mid teens, we have a perception of what we call as “fantasies”. We “fantazise” ourselves as superheroes. We wanted to save the world and the universe. We wanted to stop bad guys and get rid of all the villains. In a fantasy world, nothing could stop us from doing whatever we felt was right and just. Then we grew into our mid teens, from 14 to our mid twenties, we have our “dreams”. We “dreamt” to be the CEO of a well known corporation or being the nation’s leader or even being a famous actor or celebrity. When we are at that age, our rational mind tells us that “dreams” are achievable with a lot of hard work whereas “fantasies” are not. When we reach our late twenties and leading to early forties, we have “ambitions”. We began to have attainable goals such as being the Head of our Department or a Manager in a company or a Principal of a school. These are our ambitions where with some efforts and hard work, we know they are attainable and achievable. When we come to our fifties and above (my group), we become “realists” where we are conscious of our own limitations and doing what we are capable of. We cannot, of course, discount the fact that there are people in my age group that are still living in a “fantasy world” or a “dream world” or an “ambitious world”. There is nothing wrong imagining yourself living in those worlds, however, just make sure that your feet remain grounded as we can’t go against the order of nature. Being a realist at my age means able to wake up each day, able to stay healthy both mentally and physically, able to meet up with friends and able to eat and drink without being assisted. That, my friends, are life’s true blessings!
