It All Started with 21 Dreams


      I just come from church this morning and I've been thinking on what to do for the rest of the day. It’s Sabbath (well I'm a Seventh-day Adventist and we go to church every Saturday) and I'm bored (as usual) so maybe that's the reason why I thought of making this blog. As you know, I have this passion in writing about a lot of things so maybe this is a good start for me to fulfill my so called "Dream" of being a writer. 

      When I was in my second year in college, I've thought of making a list of my dreams/ambitions and come up with 21 statements that I've posted at the back of the door in my dorm locker. It served as my motivation in studying and in dealing in life's ups and downs as well, whenever I'm having a "meltdown" or experiencing life's adversities, I would just look at all my dreams and think of not giving up. For years, it has been my goal to fulfill all those "dreams" and until now, I can say it’s the reason of my existence. 

Here is the list of my 21 Dreams/Goals

I will be a painter.
I will be a captain ball.
I will be a Magna Cum Laude.
I will be a musician.
I will be a nurse.
I will be a doctor.
I will be an environmentalist.
I will be a teacher.
I will be a writer.
I will be an agriculturist.
I will tour around the world.
I will be a great leader.
I will be an author.
I will be a missionary.
I will be a soldier.
I will build a mansion.
I will have a car.
I will have my own resort.
I will learn karate.
I will be saved in heaven.


     I don't know where I got the idea for writing those statements, I mean it’s just a spur of the moment and I just wrote down whatever it is that came to my mind, but I believe that the existence of those ideas rooted in my subconscious and I just follow what my mind says of what I really wanted to do with my life. Maybe, it's the product of what I observed from my environment and it formed in my brain and pooped, it became my ideas and became me and what I want. 

      As of now, I'm in my senior year in college, taking BS Nursing and soon to be graduating. Evaluating my life, of what I did for the last two years since I formulated those statements, I can proudly say I already fulfilled one of them, at least. :D I became a CAPTAIN BALL of our school's varsity women's volleyball team and I must say it was a great accomplishment. After those 3 years of hardships, training and commitment, I got what I wanted and toiled for. I also started to become a musician, I asked for a guitar on my 18th birthday and bought a bamboo flute and started to play, though still learning how to make good music. Moreover, 3 months from now, I may have what I'm aiming for, to be a NURSING GRADUATE, to be a nurse exactly..! 

Realizing what I've been through to fulfill all these, I learned to take it step-by-step. I can't make it all fulfill at the same time (I'm not superwoman), but what is important is, I'm taking steps to make all my dreams come true. Whenever I take steps, I don't think of failing, I always keep in mind that I won't make it if I won't have to try it and so, I'm here now, trying to be a WRITER. If I can't make a book and be an author, at least I am the author and writer of my own stories, MY LIFE. Apart from it, I still have my diary.

One more thing, though I have a lot of dreams to fulfill, I always live by my principle since I’m in my high school years, which is “Put God first in everything you do and success will surely follow you” and my favorite verse, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength”. -Phil. 4:13

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