Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Dare to Dream

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. (Mark Twain)


I chatted with one of my brothers last night asking why he was still in the office. He replied that he was analysing political situation for election day. Asking him who has potential to win he jokingly said - Tuk Maimun

Tuk Maimum is one of the independent candidates for election this year. She is 87 years old illiterate grandmother from Kuala Terengganu. A lot of people including newspapers are making joke of her but I think I should look her in a positive view.

I'm not her supporter or her biggest fan but I think she has the courage to become one of the candidates. She has to face all the criticism from her kampung folks and Malaysian, risking her money eventhough other candidates seem to be more capable to win. People said it is better for her using her money to go for umrah or do something else but sometimes it is very easy to criticize rather than giving advice. Who knows what she wants in life? Who knows she might see what others do not see or understand? Who knows what gives her higher utility(economic term) in life?Who knows what she dream when she was young?

Whatever her objectives are, at least she dare to dream and achieve her goal to become an election candidate after few times of trying. That is an effort. At least one day she can tell her grandchildren that she used to be in the election as a candidate not a voter.

My point here is sometimes it is good to have a dream where you can picturised what you want in life. If you have a dream, pursue it because dream will become a dream when never try to realize it. Don't just day dream of what you want (because people don't know what you want in life), plan to achieve, it take a risk and then act on your dream. Dare to dream because it may be a path of your success or at least you achieve half of your goal in life. Only you know your dream and what you want in life.

p/s before people ask me whether I will vote for her. My answer will be undi adalah rahsia....anyway I'm not a voter from her kampung.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

zu,
kalau makcik ni menang mesti dia peluk cium awak sebab sokong dia. Ada bau - bau bacang ke?