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Let your dreams take flight.
Today I was talking to someone on Facebook and it was kind of a during lesson time thing and that person asked me how we met, and I replied "Dance Ministry (DN)". That person told me that he haven't been going to DN because of his work and school. Which probably is something acceptable since now even some of the CCAs are held on Saturday even after the government say something about the 5-day school thing. I remember telling this particular person that PROBABLY I want to leave DN, but that is just a maybe. Then he asked me "how do you feel after training?" Suddenly I felt that this Facebook chat is going a little too serious and so I jokingly replied in a matter-of-fact way saying "tired." It is a fact, I mean, who in the right mind would not feel tired after dance right? Then I explained that I am not close to anyone from DN and everything. And also because on alternate weeks I actually have to usher which means I actually have to leave early. On other weekends, I just go home early to catch some more sleep before I start dozing off during service. HAHA! :P Actually, there is only 1 time that I actually stayed behind with the rest and ate lunch with them. After that weekend I never ever went to lunch with them because I had to wait for all the girls to actually finish showering. Besides, I don't like to shower out of home too........ ohwell. After that, the person that I was talking to asked me a question that really got me pondering and hence this blog post. He asked me "is there something that you've really wanted to do but never had the chance to do it? Besides going for dance practices and usher." Initially I thought he was referring to ministry-wise but I was wrong. What he was referring to is the dream that I've always wanted to achieve, the one thing that I always want to do but it was beyond dreams and other people's expectations. Then I came to start thinking what I really want to do. By this time, it was already my lunchtime and I was walking around Bugis+ shopping for clothes for DN performance. If the world were to end tomorrow, or in the near future, have I really lived my life to the fullest? Making use of all the gifts and talents that God have placed in me to reach my fullest potential? Currently, my dream is to be a teacher or probably a social worker. Studying Early Child hood Education, I can definitely achieve my goal of being a childcare teacher. But I have never thought, WHAT'S NEXT? I've always wanted to make a difference in the society, and this is partially the reason why I joined Early Childhood Education. I believe that it all starts from young. I want to play a part in people's lives and watch children grow and learn at the same time, I want to impact their lives. However, if I am answering to another part of my friend's reply to me on Facebook about what I want to do but it is beyond dreams, my answer would be to travel the world. I know I know, this sounds really crazy. But this is really my dream, probably to not only tour and experience the different places, but if possible to also bless the people there and to experience many other things at the same time. I believe that there are many things that I will learn from one overseas trip than I could ever learn if I do countless of CIP in Singapore. In addition, I think that I will be able to understand how blessed I am to be living in Singapore. As crazy as this might sounds, I love to travel, on my own or anything, I am FEARLESS.  I'm sure most people have a dream, something that they want to achieve. If I were to ask you "what are the goals in your life" now while you are reading this, I am pretty sure many of you can easily come up with an answer like... Get a degree/masters/etc. Get a good job with good pay. Get married. Start a family. And probably for this small handful of you, you haven't even think of these yet, all you have thought of is the job that you actually want and the route you will take in order to end up in your desired occupation. But have you ever thought "what's next after I get the job I want?" Is that the only time when you can finally settle down and catch up with everything else that you forsake while perusing your dream job? Probably, it might be too late. People don't wait forever, nothing ever really happens twice, especially the chances that people actually give you to step into their lives. Meanwhile, for those of you who have thought of their job, marriage and family, what's next after having children? I'm sure that there are a lot more to your life on earth. You might think that you are too young to plan, but nobody is ever too young to start planning for a future. Besides, the earlier you plan, the clearer the picture and you can easily identify when you have sidetracked and you have more time to get back on your track. After saying so much, I think I have to start planning for myself also.. But before I end this, let me just leave you with a few question to ponder about.
That's all for now, I think I can start thinking of plans for my weddings ;)
xoxo,
Jiamei (:
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