by Honman Chan
Two friends met in a hospital only to find that they had the same problem - unwell at their nose. While waiting for the laboratory test results, Pierre said, 'I'll go for a tour immediately if it is a cancer’. James then said the same thing. The results were out, Pierre’s was a cancer whereas James’ was just a benign lump.
Pierre started planning immediately. He wrote down a list of things to complete before the end of his life and then left the hospital. James stayed to receive treatment. Pierre’s plan included touring around the world, reading all of Shakespeare’s works, writing a book, etc, 27 items in total. He wrote this at the back of the list, ‘I’ve got many dreams in my life. Some came true but some did not for some reasons. Now that my life time is coming to an end, I will make full use of the last few years of my life to realize the remaining 27 dreams. I can then leave this world without regrets.’
That same year, Pierre resigned from his job and started his tour around the world. At the same time, he self-learned French within a short time with his amazing drive and determination. Next, he began to work on his dream of writing a book……
One day, James saw on the newspaper an article written by Pierre. He decided to call him up to find out how he had been. Pierre said on the other side of the line, ‘I can’t believe it! If not for this cancer, my life would still be in a mess. It woke me up, DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN YOUR LIFE. Now I know what LIFE really is! Oh, what about you? Have you been living well too?’ James did not answer for after finding out that he was not suffering from cancer, he had already forgotten what they had said to each other.
All of us have dreams. But our time is always taken up by the ‘more-important’ and the ‘must-do-first’ such that we always put aside our dreams. ‘I’ll come back to that later when I have more time’, we keep saying that to ourselves. I guess it was the same for Pierre until he found out that he had cancer. Knowing that his life could be ending soon, he re-planed his life, put aside all things and started pursuing his dreams. But Pierre was lucky enough because he ‘woke up’ with enough time to do what he wanted to do, though it may seemed late for him. We don’t want to wait until we have cancer before we start working on our dreams. Don’t make your dreams follow you to your graveyard. Make them come true! Start pursuing your dreams NOW!
Two friends met in a hospital only to find that they had the same problem - unwell at their nose. While waiting for the laboratory test results, Pierre said, 'I'll go for a tour immediately if it is a cancer’. James then said the same thing. The results were out, Pierre’s was a cancer whereas James’ was just a benign lump.
Pierre started planning immediately. He wrote down a list of things to complete before the end of his life and then left the hospital. James stayed to receive treatment. Pierre’s plan included touring around the world, reading all of Shakespeare’s works, writing a book, etc, 27 items in total. He wrote this at the back of the list, ‘I’ve got many dreams in my life. Some came true but some did not for some reasons. Now that my life time is coming to an end, I will make full use of the last few years of my life to realize the remaining 27 dreams. I can then leave this world without regrets.’
That same year, Pierre resigned from his job and started his tour around the world. At the same time, he self-learned French within a short time with his amazing drive and determination. Next, he began to work on his dream of writing a book……
One day, James saw on the newspaper an article written by Pierre. He decided to call him up to find out how he had been. Pierre said on the other side of the line, ‘I can’t believe it! If not for this cancer, my life would still be in a mess. It woke me up, DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN YOUR LIFE. Now I know what LIFE really is! Oh, what about you? Have you been living well too?’ James did not answer for after finding out that he was not suffering from cancer, he had already forgotten what they had said to each other.
All of us have dreams. But our time is always taken up by the ‘more-important’ and the ‘must-do-first’ such that we always put aside our dreams. ‘I’ll come back to that later when I have more time’, we keep saying that to ourselves. I guess it was the same for Pierre until he found out that he had cancer. Knowing that his life could be ending soon, he re-planed his life, put aside all things and started pursuing his dreams. But Pierre was lucky enough because he ‘woke up’ with enough time to do what he wanted to do, though it may seemed late for him. We don’t want to wait until we have cancer before we start working on our dreams. Don’t make your dreams follow you to your graveyard. Make them come true! Start pursuing your dreams NOW!
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