On Following One's Heart

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Following one's heart is a very romanticized thing. Someone choosing to take that course always earns the highest of praises and admiration from general public. Fine, they are admirable. But all the laudatory remarks of bravery and guts forget the other, equally admirable half of the picture: The someones who decided NOT to follow it.

Let us shed light to this from another perspective. You see, in dreamworld you fly into the night sky without wings, an effect of the Tinkerbell's fairydust and yourself conjuring up happy thoughts. You frolick along the meadows full of flowers of different colors with your favorite storybook characters. You have picnic by the flowing chocolate river inside Wonka's factory, while eating mint grass and candied fruit. But then not all people get to stay and enjoy dreamworld. For others, morning comes...

...morning comes and they wake up to the unevitable realities of living in a world where dreams may have the potential of becoming a burden to one's heart. Because dreams have to be put aside for things that are said to be 'Right'. 'Practical'. 'Speedy'. Because there are times when dreamers are not just dreamers. They too are Sons. Daughters. Brothers. Sisters. Nieces. Nephews. Breadwinners. Leaders. Mothers. Fathers. Hopeless Romantics. Saviors. Heroes. People who are brave enough to give up their dreams so that other dreamers could have a chance to make theirs a reality.

Bravery shows a new face. A usually unspoken and actually forgotten one at that, but a true merit in itself.

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