It's all well and good to say "follow your
dreams" but let's be serious, you have to pay your bills. If you don't see your name on the top of the
bill I question your level of dependence and hope you are under the age of
majority.
If I see one more post of this Watts "all
wretch and no vomit" video on how we are punishing the next generation
with forced education and expectations to live a consumer lifestyle that
suggests we should all just concentrate on our favourite hobbies and see if we
can master them... I might wretch myself.
Agreed there are sad and serious holes in the
current North American daydream but it isn't the actual ability to dream that
should be cause for concern. It is the silly notion that dreams are all you
need and that if you just dream hard enough they will all come true. Why the
busted and blind belief that all children are above average and that they
should never have to work hard or do things they don't want to do? Every
moment of your life should feel like a fat ball of cotton candy?
I don't mean to disrespect inspiration. Inspiration
is the first step to a glowing entrepreneurial spirit or a desire to help
others. I only mean to say that life is not but a dream. It is what you make it
and there is no amount of fuzzy fabulous dreaming that will replace hard work
and the rewards that only come from sacrifice.
The dreamiest feeling is your head on the pillow at
the end of a day where you have completely supported yourself and you are the
master of your own honestly earned life.
Sure it would be lovely to consider what a world
without commerce would be like but get real.
Humans are pack animals and even Neanderthals quickly learned to trade.
Take away all of the paper money and you still need to find a way to be of
service and value to your fellow man or you will have to depend solely on their
kindness to merely survive.
So dreamers: how exactly are you going to pay for
your hiking boots, parachute and scuba gear? Clue: Richard Branson built a company first
and focused on island life and space exploration a little while later.
AB
