When Do I Want to Start?

One celebrates today, one missed an opportunity, one lost his battle.

Every passing day, we are driven and motivated by our own dreams, dreams with a variety of foundation. Intrinsic or extrinsic, wherever that originated, it doesn't matter as long as it fuels you up to achieve them.

There are many realizations when you become an adult. It's not just about turning 21 or 30 or 40, or looking so mature. Some forgets to remember the goal and that is to  act mature and not to look mature, how to be smart and not to look smart. It is about how your behavior towards something changes over time.

We dream and aim for a goal in different time zones. Sun comes out first in east, disappears in west. It's morning in our place and night time in some states. Others are dreaming while others are working.

People differs by their thinking and how they work hard for something. Some are afraid to lose, some are always winning. Some rushes themselves to make it, some slows down and chill. Some don't want to continue anymore, some just regained their will.

There are people who always compare his pace to others. Is it fine? What do you think? For others, it's not. They are just intoxicating themselves and corrupting their minds if they perceived it as something to disappoint themselves or to justify that luck is evident. Conversely, it's okay to compare yourself to people if you set it as a guide or map to progress in the right means.

Not all have the same humble beginnings. One made it forcefully, one got it by chance, and one claims all the credit. Once you were an applicant in your dream company or job, you failed to be in. You lived all your life just to ready yourself for it, but then again, you failed. Others are already there, it was you who feel left behind and started thinking of doing something to change your path. Finally in an unexpected way, you are, already grasping your aspiration.

You were once living in slums or in a place others will definitely don't want to chase. But here you are, already stepping behind enemy lines and taking all the courage of always looking back. Yes, not all have humble beginnings. Others started from the end, others ended from the start. But the good thing is that you can still recall what you're made of and what shapes you as a person.

When you take a ride or walk in a city, you can see people doing diverse tasks. Others are working hard but not well paid, others are at ease while earning the best salary. So when you meet these people, be kind, always. You are respected and so they are too.

Don't turn down yourself if you are that person who washes the clothes for other people, that person who holds menu book  in a restaurant and pleases everyone to come in, or others who clean up the table in fast food chains. You are powerful, your potentials are waiting to be disclosed. Reap them and utilize.

In this world of busy streets, rushing people, hurried workers, and beating deadlines, no one has to be deprived of their right to dream freely with no contention.

Do it, if you have plenty of dreams, get them one step at a time, it's fine.
It's never too late nor untimely in every dream or goal. In a way, why not ask yourself a question?

Oryang Bonifacio