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Broken Dreams

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"Go ahead, dream big," they liked to tell you.
"Send your hopes up to the sky."
They told you that whatever you believed in,
Those happy thoughts in the back of your brain,
It could all be true if only you believed. 
That's all they said you needed to do, right?
To believe it was possible?
Sure, there were also mentions of hard work,
Mentions of putting in effort.
But every time, you were told to believe.
And you believed with all your heart.
Your dreams were larger than the earth itself
Stretching and growing far out of ordinary grasp.
And you worked hard too.
You wanted that dream more than anything.
You longed for the happy future it offered.
But there's a problem with large dreams.
You see, the bigger your dreams are,
And the more time and effort you invest in them,
The more it hurts when it all comes crashing down.
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LilyBlight's avatar
I remember being in elementary school and the first time I saw the motivational phrase "aim for the moon, if you miss, you'll land among the stars" ...even as a little kid I immediately saw that sort of phrasing as doing more harm than good.

As an adult, I think "aim for the moon, if you miss, you might hurdle endlessly throughout space" is more accurate. xD

Although on the other hand, having dreams can be useful as long as you have the temperance to accept that it might not work out or that you might need to alter your goals or change your tactics. But as a kid, they focus on telling you about the dreams part a lot, and not so much teaching you the "here's how to deal with making mistakes or failing" part.