Being Realistic Or Dreaming Too Big

Although we all have an idealistic dream of a perfect life, we should always see life how it is and not how you want it to be. Dreaming big has inspired many people into creating things like no one has ever seen;however, I believe in thinking realistically since life is how it is not how you want it to be and not all dreams go as planned.

“Be who makes the impossible possible,” my grandmother loves to say. In life dreaming big is the idealistic state of mind. Dreaming big is what gives one hope to becoming who they aspire to be and reach their goals.

“I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” Estee Lauder. This quote really sums up the reason we shouldn’t dream because dreams make us believe in things that won’t ever happen unless a person actually goes out tries to accomplish what they want to do in life. In addition sometimes when people try to accomplish their dreams it leads to terrible outcomes such as the Great Leap Forward, The 5 Year Plans, and the Holocaust as some examples.Also, it results in many people overestimate what they can do which leads to terrible outcomes.This all shows often when people try to dream it often leads to outcomes that very undesirable.

How many times have you had a dream or feeling of ambition? A dream to become a professional athlete or a dream to become a professional singer or president of the United States, well those dreams and ambitions could be right at your fingertips. All you need to do to make your dreams a reality is to put forth all of your time and effort. To attain your dreams you must work harder than everyone else and work as hard as the person that you are trying to be like.

Falling into the trap of believing that reaching one’s dreams is a simple task is a fatal mistake many make. This is prominent in the case of the Younger family from the short story, “A Raisin in the Sun”, by Lorraine Younger. The story entails the journey of a colored family in a white-dominated society striving for their dreams. The Younger family believes they can achieve their dreams through overnight success, to blame others when their plans fail, and whenever there is guaranteed prosperity, to settle down.

Some people say that with dedication, persistence, and time people can accomplish any goal. Others say that people are limited in what they can accomplish and need to be realistic when setting goals.

Being realistic doesn’t mean you cannot have big dreams, it means understanding the possibilities of the outcome, and being able to accept the harsh reality. It’s better to be realistic because big dreams rarely come true.

David Ogilvy, the father of advertising said, “Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.” In the early 1900s the automobile industry and brand was starting off and rapidly changing in many ways. Thusly, it makes sense that the automobile advertisements changed at the same rate as the industry. Automobile advertisements changed drastically in the early 1900s in order to keep up with the new roles of cars, to cater to different audiences, and to stay current with new technology.

The world is most likely viewed as “heavy load or like a raisin dried up in the sun” (Hughes). To get a clearer picture of how a realist views and functions in the world an example of this type of person is needed. One example of a realist is a person who accepts the situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly. In A Raisin in the Sun the realist is portrayed as a person who sees the world as it is but also has given up hope, and has fallen into hopelessness (Hansberry, 134). Viewing the world through the eyes of a realist spins their growth and success or lack thereof in a circular rotation, a repeating cycle of disparities. Which handicaps them to live a life without progress and never achieving their goals and

This paper will discuss the book of Hebrews with an in-depth look at the authorship and Hebrews 11. The book of Hebrews has fallen into a category of its own. The book quotes extensively from the Old Testament. It proclaims that Jesus Christ is superior and Christianity over other religions, including Judaism. The author demonstrates ways for following Jesus. It speaks to anyone who is wondering why they should follow Jesus. For some twelve hundred years from 400AD to 1600AD the book was commonly called the Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews. When we take a look at the letters of Paul. They form some of the most famous yet recognized letters of the New Testament. However, there are another group of eight letters. Hebrews being one of those letters. It is thought that these letters are not truly letters. But a set of tracts or even written versions of sermons aimed at the early Christian communities (Davis, 1998). According to Davis, Hebrews was probably aimed at Jewish converts to Christianity. Because few non-Jewish Christians of the early period would not have understood references to Noah, Abraham, Lot and other familiar Israelites.

Everyone goes through a tough time on whether dreaming big or being realistic. I believe that being realistic is better because you set goals and accomplish them without being disappointed in yourself.

I tend to stop myself from pursuing idealistic concepts that have no clear plan in how they will be achieved. Some people may say that this realistic tendency of mine will stop me from achieving outlandish possibilities, however to that I say that every outlandish possibility that has become fact has had a clear achievable plan, therefore proving that they are not idealistic, but just perceived as impossible when just investigating the final outcome. And in most cases of outlandish possibilities becoming truth, the final outcome was not anticipated but was achieved through a number of achievable and underwhelming accomplishments. It is hard to state a specific example of being realistic is more of a subconscious trait, however I do believe

There is no contention over whether the public is ill informed on political matters. There is, however, over whether this is important, and what kind of difference it would make to a democratic system. In New Zealand we currently make up a ‘representative’ democracy. This means that our participation in our political system mainly happens every three years when we vote for the leaders we deem suitable to run our country. This also means that the public finds little reason to get involved in political matters as it often takes up too much time, effort and money (Arnold, 2009). I will be looking at if the public being poorly informed makes a difference to what democracy means and if it knowledge is the most important factor to democracy as well as technocracy and what it would mean if we were to take up this form of government.

As people get older, they can better distinguish between real and not real. As stated in the textbook, a person must balance reality and their dreams, goals, etc, because both things are important. Fantasy, such as our dreams and goals, are part of being human and for some people, it is a purpose of life. If we only lived in “reality,” there would be nothing to strive for because everyone would live based on what we know from our five senses. As long as people can keep a balance between the two, they can live a “normal” life in which they know what’s real, but they can

In the novel, Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M Coetzee, the magistrate’s progressive, non-linear dreams are a parallel to his growing involvement with the barbarians and his growing distaste for the empire. The great psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud said, “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious.” In every dream there is a hidden meaning and when the reader starts analyzing the magistrate’s dreams he reveals that he is oddly attracted to the barbarians and knows he should not get involved and it will be a trial to get close to them.