We often reach a point in life where we decide—
This is my dream.
This is who I want to become.
This is where I want to be.
And then we start running after it.
We work hard, make plans, sacrifice things, and convince ourselves that reaching that dream is what success will look like.
But while we are chasing our dreams, life keeps happening.
Good things happen.
Bad things happen.
People enter our lives, and some leave.
We gain things we once desperately wanted, only to realise they don’t mean as much anymore.
And somewhere through all of this, we change.
Our priorities change.
Our definition of success changes.
Sometimes ambition gives way to peace.
Possessions give way to experiences.
Recognition gives way to freedom.
And sometimes, simply having time for the people we love starts feeling more valuable than everything we once wanted to achieve.
Naturally, our dreams change too.
And perhaps we shouldn’t always call that giving up.
Because the person who dreamed that old dream may no longer be the person we are today.
Maybe life isn’t about staying loyal to every dream we once had.
Maybe, every once in a while, we need to ask ourselves—
“The dream I am still chasing… is it still mine?”
Dreams don’t always break.
Sometimes, they simply evolve with us.
A Thought Unfolded
Sometimes we don’t give up on our dreams—
we simply outgrow them.
The harder part is giving ourselves permission to want something different.
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