XXXVI - Is it a fool's world?

Its a fool’s world.
At least thats what we’re taught to believe.

Movies, songs, stories, poems, speeches all propagate things like dreams, love, hope and faith. We’ve been surrounded with such thoughts our whole lives and we grow up believing that these are things we NEED to strive for. However, all of them have one thing in common - they are risky ventures that may yield a fruitless return and cause us to crash and fail. 


Could all this main stream media actually be a creation by this group of practical, ambitious and cunning people who know better, and feel the need to continue propagating this mind set so that they can have a bunch of easily manipulated dreamers rather than tough competitors? [The Illuminati perhaps? {:0 ...jk.]

If we were taught from childhood that things like "financial security", "job experience", "competition" and "failure" were very real things that we had to deal with once we were recognised as adults, then perhaps we would have grown up to be a lot more appreciative of jobs that may be considered mundane and boring like farming or shop keeping or teaching or being an office clerk. 

Instead we find that in schools, children are mostly pushed towards things like art, pottery, dance, music and drama, and are forced to feel a sense of lacking when he/she isn’t picked for an event. There is a lot of pressure put on things that won’t even matter in the long run. Perhaps if practicality and planning had been stressed on in the developmental stages of the child we would have fewer DREAMERS and many more ACHIEVERS.

By Dreamers and Achievers I mean the two distinct types of people we notice once we’re “grown up”. The one group that dreams away their lives without acting on any of their thoughts, because for thoughts to become reality there is a sense of practicality, planning and focus required, which isn’t the strong suit of the dreamer. Instead the dreamer continues to go on with life, dissatisfied and frustrated with the world. 

The other group, whom I call the achievers are those who have been encouraged to be practical in every aspect of their lives - top school, top college, top job, top marriage, top home, top children, top social standing, [and finally] top funeral. Dreaming seems to be a waste of time because there are so many more things to deal with in real life. They go on with life following what is EXPECTED of them, what they SHOULD be doing and FEARING disappointment.

Of course, there have been exceptions to the rule. These are the DREAMING ACHIEVERS. They are the achievers who also possess the ability to dream, or the dreamers who are able to balance reality with fantasy. They are the famous names and personalities that one may have heard of in one profession or the other. They are the truly gifted who have been able to understand and apply the knowledge that to achieve one’s dreams, one has to walk the fine line between dreaming and achieving, of walking on the tightrope of dreams with the help of the beam of practicality.

Perhaps its not too late. Perhaps a dreamer can still be taught to be practical and an achiever can be nudged into allowing oneself to go against the grain. Perhaps one group has always needed the other at various points in history, at varying degrees. Perhaps the new generation of parents will be able to nurture this wisdom to their offsprings.

Perhaps the reality of becoming adults can be explained and practically shown over time, as opposed to the present concept of 'keep them in a bubble for as long as possible, then throw them in the icy water and see what happens'. There has to be a way of smoothening out this transition without disrupting our culture. Right?

Have past generations already tried and failed?
Am I just another creative mind stunned and stunted by this trend?

I don't know but, as always, I can only hope for the best.

Till next time.

xoxo