by Honman Chan
An English teacher called Brody was tidying up his old stuff at the attic when he came across a stack of old scripts. They were the ‘English composition’ of a class of children he taught 50 years ago. The title was ‘In future, I will be…….’
Brody read a few of them. The children had dreams of all kinds and he was very much enchanted by them. For example, one wrote about becoming a Navy Captain, another wrote about becoming a President of France. There were even a Circus Ring Master, Princess, etc. There was one written by a boy called David whom he remembered was blind. David believed that he would become an important ministerial officer in England in the future. Then Brody had an idea. He wanted to return these scripts to their owners, as much as he could do it. A year later, through some effort, the scripts were all claimed and none became who he wanted to be 50 years ago. One book was left unclaimed and it belonged to the blind boy David.
Just when Brody decided to donate to a museum, he received a letter from Mr. Brunkert, an important figure in the Prime Minister office. He wrote in the letter, ‘That ‘David’ is me. Thank you for helping us keeps our childhood dreams. But I don’t need that book anymore because from that moment onwards, my dream has been in my head all the time. I have never given up before. 50 years have passed and I can say that I have realized that dream.’
Everyone has great dream before while small. But some time during the days of growing up, they were changed, stolen or given insufficient nourishment resulting in not able to sprout. They remain deep in the soil. Have you hidden your dream somewhere? Or has it been changed or stolen? Find you dream back today, and believe that it will come true! Perhaps on the way of finding it back, you might come across ‘dream-stealers’. They can be your friends, parents or even your spouse. While you are happily sharing with them about your dream, they return with words like ‘difficult’, ‘impossible’, ‘be realistic’, ‘wait till…..’ etc. Well, don’t be frightened off by them. Let them say what they want. As long as you are down-to-earth, continue holding your dream tight, for they cannot steal your dream away this time!
An English teacher called Brody was tidying up his old stuff at the attic when he came across a stack of old scripts. They were the ‘English composition’ of a class of children he taught 50 years ago. The title was ‘In future, I will be…….’
Brody read a few of them. The children had dreams of all kinds and he was very much enchanted by them. For example, one wrote about becoming a Navy Captain, another wrote about becoming a President of France. There were even a Circus Ring Master, Princess, etc. There was one written by a boy called David whom he remembered was blind. David believed that he would become an important ministerial officer in England in the future. Then Brody had an idea. He wanted to return these scripts to their owners, as much as he could do it. A year later, through some effort, the scripts were all claimed and none became who he wanted to be 50 years ago. One book was left unclaimed and it belonged to the blind boy David.
Just when Brody decided to donate to a museum, he received a letter from Mr. Brunkert, an important figure in the Prime Minister office. He wrote in the letter, ‘That ‘David’ is me. Thank you for helping us keeps our childhood dreams. But I don’t need that book anymore because from that moment onwards, my dream has been in my head all the time. I have never given up before. 50 years have passed and I can say that I have realized that dream.’
Everyone has great dream before while small. But some time during the days of growing up, they were changed, stolen or given insufficient nourishment resulting in not able to sprout. They remain deep in the soil. Have you hidden your dream somewhere? Or has it been changed or stolen? Find you dream back today, and believe that it will come true! Perhaps on the way of finding it back, you might come across ‘dream-stealers’. They can be your friends, parents or even your spouse. While you are happily sharing with them about your dream, they return with words like ‘difficult’, ‘impossible’, ‘be realistic’, ‘wait till…..’ etc. Well, don’t be frightened off by them. Let them say what they want. As long as you are down-to-earth, continue holding your dream tight, for they cannot steal your dream away this time!
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