Lovely morning.Even if we have a dream, we don’t know if we can do it or not, if it is right for us or not, until we try. Sometimes a student asks me “aya-sensei I try to answer “Yes. You can be.”but then I add, “It’s important to find out what you need to do to become a doctor, think about it and work hard from there. Just thinking about it is not enough to make your dream come true.”In other words, if we just take the first step to make our dreams come true, our chances of making our dreams come true will increase.
Dreaming is wonderful. It’s wonderful to lie on your bed and dream that you are singing and dancing on stage at a concert, or that you are winning a triathlon, or that you have done some amazing research and have a big prize, or that you are travelling the world and making lots of friends. There are no limits to our imagination, so we can imagine all sorts of wonderful dreams.
However, it is the people who have taken the first step forward, and who have continued to move forward through trial and error, who have achieved something in their field, and who have made their dreams come true. Sometimes, when you want to achieve your dreams, the only thing standing in your way might be yourself. Or maybe you are surrounded by people who tell you that your dream is just a dream and you should give up on it.
It’s true that our circumstances are different from each other and it can be difficult to realistically achieve our dreams. However, there is always something you can see when you take the first step, and that something will definitely change the way you think and the way you see yourself. I hope that you will enjoy the process of reaching your dream, and that you will be able to think about many things and make your own decisions.