Dreams
Some young people express their interests or dreams to the world. It is very good to have a dream and take some steps towards it, I think, because having a dream gives us the power to make it come true.
I wanted to be a pilot when I was little kid because I wanted to fly in the sky, free like a bird. It was going to be cool and fun. I did not like math but I tried my best in elementary school.
Next I wanted to become a teacher because of a teacher I had in my junior high school days. He was a social studies teacher. Usually we used the textbook in the class but he didn’t use it so much. He often said, “Imagine how these people thought. Why did they make this?” or “What do you think is their true purpose?” His class expanded our imagination. I wasn’t very good at history but I enjoyed it very much.
When I entered this university and began to study education, I was very much interested in psychology because that is such an exciting field of study. But at the same time, I realized that education plays a very important role in our development, and that if I learn about psychology in which I am interested, I can contribute to education, as well as to a great many other things.
So now I think that this dream is growing. As in my case, we first want to be something that feels cool or nice, but next we come to have dreams that establish a relation with the people around us. And we will probably reach a dream which shows us how we can make a difference in other people's lives.
In Japan, many young people say that they don’t have particular dreams. But I am convinced it is good to find and have a lot of dreams. As Walt Disney once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” If we hold on to our dreams, they will guide us.
Thank you very much for your comment, Kuniyuki-san.
The word "dream" evokes an abstract image that I picture in my mind. And "aims" and "goals" are ways to achieve or approach it, I think.
What I want to say is that it is quite important to picture the abstract future image which we can fill with our interests or ourselves.
But it is also really great to have a lot of "aims" or "goals" like you. Because if we do, it means that we have a lot of choices to approach the "dreams".
I understood what Kazuaki-san wants to say not clearly but vaguely.
I hope to have my partner and children in the future, keep playing music with my friends or live in the country late in life. Such things are dreams, right?
Please give me an example, Kazuaki-san and anyone else. What dreams or aims do you have now?
Well, my dream now would be studying psychology much more deeply and widely and becoming a person who can help or surpport people who need me.
This is one of my dreams in my field of study.
But like Kuniyuki-san said, I also and really want to share time and feelings with my partner and children in the future: sitting at the same table and talking about various events together.
This is also my dream in personal matters.
I googled around a bit, looking for an online reference to the female fire fighter Yukari-san writes about in her most recent entry.
I didn't find anything about that story, but I did find a page titled My Dreams, which contains short English texts, apparently written by students in Mie-ken. Can anyone explain this page to me? Who are these people?
Kuniyuki :: May 30, 2003 05:34 PM
I agree with Kazuaki. Dreams give us energy. But "dream" seems a pompous word to me. "Aim" or "goal" are more agreeable to me.
Anyway, there were a lot of goals (dreams) I had: I wanted to work on the railroad as a driver, become a teacher, buy an electric guitar, enter Mie University, pass the English examination "Eiken", be good at basketball, go abroad, and so forth. Some of them I managed to achieve, others I didn't. Now, one goal of mine is to go to Okinawa and visit historical places. I want to learn about Okinawa's war history.