Someone once told me, 'Always aim to be the greatest that you can hope to be'.
I did not take it very seriously back then, and like the millions of teenagers lurking around in the great streets and gullis of our nation, I pretty soon managed to find ways to mock it, ridicule it and ultimately forget it.
Today though, for some reason, beyond the comprehension of my measly mind, I find myself thinking about this..
And again, as usual, I started to have that multiple split personality conversation in my head..
'Fuck it.. This is bullshit'
'No, this just means u gotta aim to nail better chicks'
'Pervert'
'hehe..'
'But wait.. What does this mean? Hmmm..'
What does this really mean?
As a kid, people keep asking you, what do you want to be when you grow up?
You hear all kinds of stuff.. There's the doctor, the engineer, the lawyer, the pilot, the scientist.. the list goes on..
This was us dreaming as high as we could dream. The greatest that we ever hoped to be.
What changed?
Over time, the 'doctor' turns out to be a peon'; the 'engineer', a call center employee; the 'pilot', well.. not a pilot.. You get my point don't you?
What killed our dreams?
'School'
'Exams'
'Parents'
Nope.. We did..
At some point in our lives we ceased to dream, and chose to exist.
I know I did..
WTF!!
Know what.. I'm not going to do that anymore..
From now on, this day forth, I refuse to merely exist.. I refuse to be but a number in the millions of faceless souls out there.. I refuse to be special, just like everyone else.. I refuse to be what anyone else wants me to be..
I am me, and am bloody good at being me..
Don't know how I'm gonna to do it.. All I know is that I am going to strive to be the greatest that I can hope to be..
And all you gotta know is, I'm gonna get there..
