Aspirations, Opportunities and Achievements of Life

I agree with you and even if life bends our desires and wishes, I still think that something positive comes out from the aspirations. My daughters and grandchildren laugh at me for saying once in a while: What do I want to do when I grow up?" Now they know it´s a metaphor. Life is a road, but you have to know where you are going to step (and if you want to step in that direction) in order to give a meaning to it. Achievements, on the other hand, are different. Some are modest (and we must have some of them for easy happiness) and others are big ones and might not be achieved. I tend to have too much pride (the worst of sins and the only one I think its wholly human). I want ALL, so many times. But I´m slowly learning. We´ll see what this last bend on the road brings. Take care!

How to know that we deserve it or not.

As a child I aspired for my dream to travel to different countries. Learning how to read let me find out more about the world in books. As a 13 year old I got a paper round and saved up to go off traveling. At 14 years old I had enough money to go to Greece with my mom. Then at 17 years old I traveled to the Netherlands with a friend. At 18 years old I worked as a children's nanny and the high wages allowed me to travel around Europe by train. My longest trip happened at 20 years old when I traveled around the world. Now in my late thirties I am still very keen and successful at traveling. I found it harder to learn how to drive a car. Last year I finally managed to pass my practical driving test. It took me many failed attempts and loads of money I spent on driving lessons over the years. I so much wanted to buy a home to live in. So far in my life I had my cottage from age 19 for 14 years, then a modern house for 5 years and now a bungalow since last year. I dreamed about getting a dog and did so. Now I have double the pleasure with two dogs. It is important to know what you want in life and make the most of any opportunities.

hello sir, I agree,aspiring doesn't always lead to achieving what you want. What matters most is,you aspire ,dream and gives you inspiration to reach what you want. Not every dream/aspiration turns to reality,but... As long you have faith in yourself,aspiration will never remain as aspiration,but reality. Have a great weekend sir

Hi rambasal! It won't always show it that way, a person may not always achieve something because he or she is inspired. Do you know that someone, or maybe a few achieved something in life because he or she is threatened to do that? Or maybe he or she is obliged to do for some reasons? Maybe a bigger percentage is basing aspiration or ambitions as a basis for achievement but there are also other reasons behind achievement other than those mentioned. Peace!

It is true that achievement without aspirations is not possible .You are very true when you say that aspirations are translated into achievements (though not all aspirations are translated ). We should know that aspiration and achievement are two sides of same coin , one cannot exist without another .Aspiration is a self made dream and therefore you are the only rider of your aspirations and hence there is no question of deserving it as it is already yours . No achievement is deserved since what you deserve cannot be your achievement because what you deserve is always decided by someone else and not by yourself and on the other hand achievement is translation of your own aspirations or dreams and not of others

Yep, no matter how hard life is, if we're going for something, we should learn how to cope with life's mishaps and go with the flow instead of going the other way. It's harder to go the opposite direction, we all know that.

welcome to mylot.It is a good point. You must deserve before aspiration. but all of us feel that we deserve without verifying whether we really deserve. good observation. thanks.

Those are all really good points that you have brought out. Sometimes we tend to let our aspirations go and not try to achieve them. We may feel that we can't accomplish certain things when we haven't worked hard enough to try to accomplish them. There are so many negative influences that can cause us to feel discouraged and to give up home. One way to reach your goals is to aspire the things you want and work hard towards them. We need to make the opportunities that will help us go where we want too. Opportunities don't necessarily fall in everyone's life the majority of people have to find and make opportunities for themselves.

as long as you ask something you can have. It is really important ambition and desire to be able to ask one thing. I think that people want something enough you can achieve it albeit with many difficulties and hardships can do what he wants. Have a nice day ~