UNITED STATES\u2014We all have dreams growing up, but how many of us actually make those dreams that we had as little tots come to fruition? It\u2019s a question that so many of us lose track of time after time. For some of us, we focus our attention on other pressing issues. We have kids, finances become an issue, a family member becomes ill, and we stay at dead-end jobs because of that desire to have a decent paycheck.<\/p>\n
I mean to be honest I can list a ton of things, but I want to focus specifically on why so many of us abandon that dream and never place it back into the forefront. Life growing up for most Americans is not easy. Many of us don\u2019t grow up with silver spoons in our mouths, we don\u2019t have parents who are super rich and can utilize money to cover up those legal problems that we may or may not run into.<\/p>\n
No, I\u2019m not promoting a piece that is anti-rich, it\u2019s a piece that is hoping to shed light or allow the \u2018rich\u2019 to see things from the perspective of others. \u201cYou can never judge a person until you walk a mile in their shoes.\u201d Yep, we\u2019ve all heard that phrase before, but not many people seem to grasp the concept.<\/p>\n
So many people fail to realize that the notion of working ONE job no longer exists; people work 2-3 jobs to make ends meet. Some have no notion of what it means to have a social life because of the countless sacrifices they make to ensure their children never live the life they endured growing up.<\/p>\n
Something that always fascinates me is the notion that I had so many dreams growing up as a kid. At one point I knew I was going to be a pediatrician, that later switched to a surgeon, that later switched to the possibility of becoming a lawyer or a teacher, but the one dream that has never faded from my conscience is becoming a filmmaker.<\/p>\n
There is a level of passion there that I simply can\u2019t explain compared to the others. I\u2019ve never been an advocate of living my life for a paycheck. We just happen to live in a world where money is a commodity that is needed to have the basic essentials and materialistic things we want in life. When I think about film, I\u2019m at peace, the stressors of that job from hell or the boss from hell who doesn\u2019t appreciate a single thing I do fades away. I\u2019m in a world where my creativity is allowed to roam free, there are no rules and I could care less what anyone thinks.<\/p>\n
So what happened to my dream, reality struck me. The entertainment industry ain\u2019t easy to break into and to make matters worse, we live in a world where the bills have to be paid and that side gig somewhat becomes a permanent gig we find difficult to cut loose. That has happened to me. I feel indebted to a company that I shouldn\u2019t feel indebted to.<\/p>\n
It has taken me years to realize this, but I\u2019ve come to the realization that I don\u2019t OWE THEM ANYTHING! Stop beating yourself up over things you can\u2019t control. I\u2019m in the driver seat; it\u2019s time for me to make moves that are necessary to see those dreams, aspirations that I\u2019ve always had come to fruition. I have even started to move the chess pieces to have a back-up plan to resign from a job that I\u2019ve considered the worse torture in my life. I so vividly recall catching this moment on the Oprah Winfrey show and someone mentioned something along the lines that, \u201cEveryday that you do something that you dislike, hate, despise, a piece of you dies inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve felt that emotion for a long time, and I no longer want to feel that way. Its time, I have to make that decision to let something go that is not making me happy. More importantly, it opens the door for me to focus my attention and my gifts, on the things that do indeed make me happy: cinema. I used to have a habit of working on a script every single day. I can\u2019t recall the last time I actually did that. Well TODAY that changes, I won\u2019t allow myself to allow a dream that I chased or wanted for years to just vanish into thin air because of \u2018obligations.\u2019<\/p>\n
Happiness is what you make it, if you\u2019re not happy, that means you have to find a way to bring that happiness into your life or rid yourself of the things that no longer make you happy. It\u2019s long overdue; I will no longer wait, will you?<\/p>\n
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