Often times we hear the advice that we should have a goals list. For example, the infamous Harvard study. Students were found to be more successful when they kept a consistent list of goals in their mind. These people had a dream. But that wasn’t the important part. That wasn’t the life-changer. It wasn’t the habitual conscious drive that made them accomplished. Making this list can help you see what you should do, but it doesn’t fulfill them for you. If your dream stays stagnant, forever in your mind but unachieved, it is utterly useless! It becomes the raison that Langston Hughes describes in his poem, Harlem. It will wither in the sun, and taste a sickly “sweet”. An artificial one. It will stay in your mind, a glorious feat, but in reality, it never even existed. Anybody can dream big. Everybody dreams big. But what separates the successful from the rest of society, is that they have the motivation to pursue that dream. They are proactive. Otherwise it remains a “heavy load” upon your back. Just like Anne Quindlen’s perfectionist backpack. She carried high hopes for herself, with a judgement just as high. That’s another thing with a dream. You need to know your limits. Anne’s backpack was too heavy for her, she tried to carry too much. To fully achieve your dreams, you need to know how much you can carry, along with giving in the effort to carry with you. A camel’s journey is long and harsh.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Dreams-Harlem
Often times we hear the advice that we should have a goals list. For example, the infamous Harvard study. Students were found to be more successful when they kept a consistent list of goals in their mind. These people had a dream. But that wasn’t the important part. That wasn’t the life-changer. It wasn’t the habitual conscious drive that made them accomplished. Making this list can help you see what you should do, but it doesn’t fulfill them for you. If your dream stays stagnant, forever in your mind but unachieved, it is utterly useless! It becomes the raison that Langston Hughes describes in his poem, Harlem. It will wither in the sun, and taste a sickly “sweet”. An artificial one. It will stay in your mind, a glorious feat, but in reality, it never even existed. Anybody can dream big. Everybody dreams big. But what separates the successful from the rest of society, is that they have the motivation to pursue that dream. They are proactive. Otherwise it remains a “heavy load” upon your back. Just like Anne Quindlen’s perfectionist backpack. She carried high hopes for herself, with a judgement just as high. That’s another thing with a dream. You need to know your limits. Anne’s backpack was too heavy for her, she tried to carry too much. To fully achieve your dreams, you need to know how much you can carry, along with giving in the effort to carry with you. A camel’s journey is long and harsh.
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I enjoyed the parallelism with the short sentences "Anybody can dream big." and "Everybody dreams big." It manages to show an innate sense of dreaming within human nature. I also liked your allusion to the Harvard study which you called "infamous" and the allegory with Anne Quindlen's Backpack. Interesting connection to the camel (one of my favorite animals). Great Post!
ReplyDeleteP.S. (Pranav Script) The meme was hilarious.