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‘Dream big, as big as you can.’ Dreams do not bind one down to reality, to the limited world of possibilities where there is the paucity of resources like money and time and opportunity to create anything unimaginable. One can be as imaginative as one dares to. The more creative, unreasonable, and impossible the dream, the greater its impact when it comes into existence!
Making goals limits you to make practical targets, as you do it with your eyes open! Shut your eyes to reality, and think of abundance, and then let the mind fly high, as high as a kite, and then what do you see yourself doing or being would be your dream life.
It is best to write and draw that dream and take all steps to reach the pinnacle of making the dream a reality. Step by step, persistent action in the right direction will make you live the life of your dream real. This formula works for all. It is as dependable as E= mc2. However, you have to dream it up for yourself; nobody can do it for you. Once done, the connection is made. Every time you take action to traverse to the goal, you reduce the distance to achieve your dream. The faster you move, the longer you will be able to live the life of your dream. For life span is limited for all. So it is better to work consistently, actively, relentlessly, even if it means working day and night, to reach it.
APJ Abdul Kalam had a dream of making India a superpower by 2020. Why did it not become a reality? The dream has to be seen by all individuals. This principle works at the individual level. For example: when work is assigned to everybody collectively, it is rarely accomplished. All of us, well almost all, excuse ourselves and think the rest of the group will work. So the work is undone.
If completing the work is given to each one and each is inspired to do their bit, the results are achieved. That is the way we got Independence. The Mahatma made everyone dream of being in an independent country. Each one contributed with time, money and sacrificed selflessly. Many left the comforts of their homes, many did not venture into matrimony; such was their calling for the nation. Together they turned out in large numbers and created mass movements. Each one had a dream, which did not let them sleep. Their mammoth strength broke the resolve of the British, and India got independence. Even if it accounts to repetition, the point must go home: an individual, each with the same dream, is the first requirement to make significant impacts that create mass movements in history. However, the credit may go to one or a few individuals who initiated the movement when history is written.
There is another aspect to this reality. The individual who thinks about his individual growth would also be contributing in a productive manner to society. If each one does aspire to do the best in their workplace, to get higher pay packets, recognition, and responsibility leading to self-fulfillment and happiness, the per capita income increases, spending or investment or both will increase, increasing productivity. Gross National Income would go up, and one would be contributing towards achieving the goal of India to become a developed economy.
Again taking our jobs seriously would mean working relentlessly to add value to work as if it were a passion. So if each dreams of being in his dream job and does everything needed (of course, only and fair!) to reach his zenith, the impact on the nations’ financial health would be amazing. Talking about just and fairness, one must keep away from bribery, pilferage, nepotism, etc. You should keep away from all ills, making you lose your sleep and keep you awake for all the wrong reasons! For fear of a nightmare that your back money has been raided or your shady deeds have been leaked to the media, and they make headlines, hours before you find yourself behind bars or writing a suicide note!
Media has become the fourth pillar of Democracy. It airs opinions, debates, and questions policies that spread awareness. With a weapon as strong as the media, why is our country not getting united? What could be done in the years preceding 1947 should be easier now. There is an improvement in precision, speed, and accuracy; then, why is it not leading to a developed India? We Indians should be losing sleep wondering about this. But do we think of the country?
We only think of ourselves and not of society. We want our child to be safe but do not realise that the child will also be safe if society is safe. To make India a safe place, every housing society, suburb or kasba, or village should take responsibility for its safety and well-being. We should keep vigil for its safety.
Similarly, solving the problems of education, health and sanitation, and development of the area should be taken up by the community, or rather, by the community's individuals for each one’s benefit. Swatch Bharat schemes by the government should not have been necessary, even after 65 years of independence.
Have the schools failed in inculcating the right values in children to grow up into responsible citizens or the family itself? The primary social institution left its children to grow without the higher values of commitment, sharing, forgiveness, and acceptance. Is this the reason why we find ourselves fall short of goodness and are scared of communal riots? Communal riots in a secular state? Talk of tukde, tukde instead of Mera Bhrat Mahaan. We need to wake up to these myriad questions and tackle them to live in India of its dreams.
Many movies have given messages, sometimes subtle like: do not underestimate the power of the common man, and sometimes loud and clear, like everyone who has got helped, needs to help others who need help. Movies are a strong media and very effective tool to create social change. Public figures who are loved and worshipped by the masses have high tacit responsibility of kindling and igniting the dream of India. They need to be role models for their followers who will dream of a better world for themselves and show them how to work in the right direction.
Let us not make the weak doubt his ability to make a positive contribution to his community. How can his actions alone make a difference to make the country a developed one? For the entire congregation at any event for any purpose is nothing more than the sum of all individuals put together.
So rise, every brother, every sister, wake up to your inherent strength and move forward to be the best you can be, for your success will make the India of your dreams . Amen.