You have all probably heard of some version of ‘Do what you love and the money will follow.’
But what if the money doesn’t follow? What if absolutely NOTHING happens? Doors do not open. What if all efforts colossally fail?
On the positive side, you will have no regrets about having tried and that is better than not having done anything at all. You will have fulfilled your dream and been immeasurably happy doing it.
The downside is this. Hope will be lost, and there will be nothing left for you to do or dream about. And worse, people will point this out to you with a self-satisfied sneer, I told you so, or some other derisive version thereof.
That is why sometimes the fantasy about pursuing your dreams can be a whole lot better than the reality.
I will never judge someone for not pursuing their dreams ever again, because dreaming about it keeps you going a long time. Doing it and failing is like walking down a dead end street. You get to the end and find you have to turn back and do things you hate in order to survive.
Sometimes, I wish I had of left my dreams in the safe confines of my imagination.
Being bereft of hope, no matter how briefly, is probably the worst low of life.