My Treasure Basket

Never laugh at anyone’s dream

As early as 8 years old, I was already worrying at what do I want to be when I grow up. It was not really on the course I will be taking when I get to college. It was not about my future profession. It is all about whether I want to stay single forever, or do I want to become a nun or should I also get married just like my mother. These had been playing in my mind. I started to ask my classmates about it and their plans. I admired their answers as most of them said they want to become nuns. I thought to myself, “That is a good idea!” However, it was never my choice. I knew it! Because when I get home and see my mother teaching us what to do, I would say to myself “I will also do this with my own child.” I would even plan of doing something better. And so I decided, I will become a wife, a mother!

It is so funny when I reminisce at how I was thinking even at a very young age. I don’t know but I think it was part of my dream, my aspirations. I have come to think that no matter how funny your dreams may be, it can always come true. And so I learned never to laugh at anyone’s dream.