Try again

"If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's okay. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot."

- Robert Townsend

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We all have dreams. We'd like to be a famous actor, a doctor, a basketball superstar, we all want something. But what do we do to reach these dreams? I've seen what people do about their dreams. Two years out of high school and I see the people who planned on being business men working in a McDonalds. Now I know that for some people going straight into the workforce isn't an option. It was never an option to me, I had to go get a paycheck so my family could eat. But I know the people I speak of, and know that their situation is not like mine. It's like they just gave up when they realized how difficult it is to actually reach their goals. It's like they don't want to put in the effort so they settled. Not me, and I hope not you. Don't ever give up. You'll find yourself a year or two down the road yearning for that desire once more. I haven't achieved my goal yet, but then again, for a year I had no clue what that goal truly was. Did I want to be a photographer? A journalist? Why did I pick all the jobs with meager pay, haha? Floristry just sort of barged into my life and wrapped me in a pleasant embrace. Only then did I realize I dreamed of working in a big floral boutique in the city, wrapping roses for important business men I went to high school with, arranging lilies for some young girl's wedding. It hasn't been easy. In one year I've had my fair shair of struggles. The person who introduced me to the feild, the person I looked up to, let me down harder than I ever thought he could. Stealing, lying, and then being offered his position? I didn't want to get my job that way, but I had to bite my lip and take it or who knows when it'd come around. I'm still working today, keeping that dream in my pocket, carrying it everywhere with me. Knowing that I can make it one day. Wether it's in a year or in ten years, I'll keep running towards the end of the tunnel. And so should you. Grasp that dream tight and never let go. Never give up. Never settle. Keep dreaming.