Dreams come true

(Baonghean) -I have a friend who is crazy about soccer. When I was in 4th or 5th grade, every afternoon I would run over to the middle school to play and sure enough, this guy was running around on the field, kicking the ball and making loud noises. Later, when I went to France to cheer for a student soccer tournament, I immediately recognized him because his loud noises were still the same. He smiled and said: "It's just that I wasn't lucky, but who knows, maybe my talent was discovered back then, and now I'm sitting and discussing tactics with Cong Vinh...".

Until now, sometimes he still sits and regrets not following a career in shorts and jerseys. When asked why he "changed direction" to study economics, clearly out of character, he clicked his tongue: "If I loved Math, Physics, Chemistry and became a professor or doctor, it would be easy. But I love football, my mother said: I don't know how to fight better than anyone, I only see myself playing football all day in the hot noon sun, I might get sick. You should stay home and study!". Everyone sympathized, some boasted that they had a "bone-aching" singing voice but their parents didn't let them study at the conservatory because "why not do it and go to a lowly singing profession", others said that they used to draw very well but didn't have the guts to pursue a career in painting... In short, everyone had an unfinished dream due to objective or subjective factors.

If you were to conduct a survey now and ask if the job you are doing is what you really like, I believe that many people would not hesitate to shake their heads. And if you were asked if you have ever had to give up a path or choice (whether you have gone a part of the way or just started), surely all of us would answer yes with regret. The forks and choices in life are obvious and sometimes the path we love may not lead to the destination we are aiming for, or is not the shortest path. Is it true that on the path to adulthood, you will have to gradually leave behind the things you always loved: playing games, playing football, singing, etc. These things, if only for entertainment, are very easy, but to pursue them to the end, beyond the limits of a mere hobby to become a skill, a career is much more difficult than ordinary careers. And so, many of us give up on our dreams because we don't believe in our abilities or because of unfavorable objective conditions. It's sad but true...

The greatest scientist of the 20th century, Albert Einstein, once called himself a lucky man, his scientific research was like "a walk on the beach and picking up pearls by chance". I think that is a very modest but also very arrogant statement. Luck is an objective factor that determines the success of risk-takers. If you sing very well but your music does not suit the tastes of the time, your music will be shelved. Or if you are a football genius in a country that worships baseball, you should probably reconsider your pursuit of football. In short, if you want to be a hero, you have to be lucky.

But to turn the question around, why don't you create, or find, your "time"? If football is popular in a neighboring country, you can absolutely pursue your dream where it is celebrated. The remaining question is, are you willing to sacrifice other things (like leaving your family) in exchange for a dream? Worth it or not, bold or unrealistic, crazy or brave, all are just a hair's breadth away, depending on your responsibility and how you perceive and realize your ambition.

Lucky people are often successful, or at least easier and faster than others. It's great when you love football and then by chance your parents support you, by chance someone organizes a football tournament, by chance you are noticed by professional trainers... Sometimes we look at someone's success and doubt that it is also a coincidence. But luck and coincidence simply never stay, they come and go like a dream. The truth is the sweat, the tears, the things you dare to trade to wait for an opportunity. At that point, luck is no longer a coincidence, but luck created by you and will stay with you forever. At that point, you will truly wake up from the dream and see that it has become reality.

Hai Trieu

(Email from Paris)