Sunday, December 26, 2010

Dreamworld

I just finished watching the original Tron movie for the first time, and I must say that it was a pretty darn good movie. I've always loved the idea of being digitized and entering a game world ever since the days of Jonny Quest. I particularity like the idea of a religion based on the 'Users'. Despite the age and graphical capabilities available to the movie producers at the time, they did a superb job of creating an entirely new world and bringing it to life.

The idea that a world besides our own always captivated me. Whether it be something as simple a storybook kingdom or something as life-altering as religion, I've also like the idea that somewhere, somehow, there are other people, maybe like us or not at all like us, that think and dream and imagine, just like we do.

Life isn't for dreamers, or so we've been told again and again. Dreamers have no place in the real world, where things don't work out ideally. Make-believe doesn't pay the bills and and dreams don't put food on the table. And that is quite right. If all you do is sit around and imagine, you'll never be able to accomplish anything. The people who change the world, are those who actually got up and did things. Action drives the world forward.

But using this logic, people think that they should altogether abandon dreams. Logic and reason are the order of the day. But what few people seem to understand is that true change comes about from a mixture of both. Action with out dreams is like a gun that you can't aim. Dreams without actions is like aiming without a gun. Only a fusion of the two and truly bring forth great things.

Never forget your dreams, no matter how impossible or childish they may seem. No matter what people may say about it, every single dream is invaluable. Hold on to it, until it is fulfilled. Who knows? Maybe you'll be able to turn it into box office hit one day.

See you tomorrow!!

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