is it being realistic?...

... or is it that we are walking dead on earth?
we as humans are extremely ambitious. I've always beleived that we can't not dream of what we want to acheive, or who we want to become. And when we dream, we dream of greatness. Once we stop dreaming we lose sight and let our souls die...

As i was reading this book, McManus emphasised best what i exactly beleived in and didn't know how to put in words...
Read ahead :)

"As children we assume that greatness is within our grasp, whatever inspires us, we begin to dream that one day we will be the best. It is only as we lose our childlike innocence that we begin to settle for less. A part of growing up seems to be acquiescing to mediocrity. It's easy to say that we're just becoming realistic, that its just a part of growing up. But, in fact, it's the death of our souls. When we stop dreaming, we start dying. For some of us, this has been a slow, painful death. Others are just walking dead. They died a long time ago, and it's nothing less than a freak of nature that they're still breathing"