Often times, adults have come out complaining
about how they could not be what they would
have wanted to be in life.
A lot have come out to blame it on financial
constraints but bulk of the blame have fallen on
those trying to please their parents.
Fast forward to the present day youth and ask
the same question and the answer you will get
from majority of the youths is the fact that a lot
of them are living their parents dream.
Investigations into why some adults have
faltered in what they do showed that they never
ventured into what they love. One step in being
one of the best at your job is to love what you
do no matter the pay at that moment.
That aside, citing an example of failures in the
medical line, a large percentage of the failed and
uncommitted doctors we have nowadays joined
the profession because of the large salary but in
most cases, those who have succumbs to their
parents’ pressure to join the profession.
I once spoke to a medical doctor who cited an
example of a family where the father and
mother are both medical doctors and they
insisted and ensured all four of their children
studied medicine.
Three of these four never loved or wanted to be
medical doctors but because of parental
pressure, they had to succumb and follow their
parents will. That also does not mean you
should disobey your parents but laying down
your life dreams and targets would go a long
way in helping them understand.
Sometimes you ask yourself why some students
fail in WAEC and UTME repeatedly. In some
cases, it might be because some were not cut
out for it or lack of seriousness at most
instances, but most of them are in such
predicaments because they fell to parental and
peer pressure.
Because your best friend is going to science
class does not mean you are science inclined.
Making reference to the movie “Beyond the
Light”, a lot of people would be drawn away by
the flair of the main act “Noni”, but forget to
look into the message passed by the second
main act “Kaz”. All through, he followed the
dream of his Dad, being a police officer, having a
clean record so he can venture into politics and
run for senate in the near future.
All along, he never seemed to chase his dream.
Though it took time, but he soon realised that
wasn’t his dream.
Many a times, we see parents telling their
children to go into a particular field or the other.
Some have turned out to be parents trying to
correct the mistakes they made growing up.
They often times want to use the kids as a
medium to show they were not complete
failures.
The question then is, are you living your dream?
Do you love what you are doing now? Is it too
late to start again?
Can I still make amends?
Will my parents buy into the idea?
As many questions that might be bothering your
mind, join the series “LIVING YOUR DREAM”. At
one point or the other, the real punch you need
for that drive towards a greater tomorrow might
just come up.
WRITTEN BY : Orherhe EJIRO
Twitter: @EjiroOrherhe
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