Why Dreaming Big Matters: Lessons from Great Dreamers

The Dream That Builds Destiny

 

“A dream is not that which you see while sleeping, it is something that does not let you sleep.” Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Dr. Kalam was from a very humble background and rose to become the “Missile Man of India” and later the President of the Nation.

 

Dreams sail our soul. It is the driving force of our imagination. It was the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. who wanted a world free from racial discrimination and it took 50 years to shape this dream and to get America its first Black president.

 

Dream: From Earth to the Moon

 

The Appollo 11 Mission was not just a scientific achievement; it was a great leap of the dream of thousands of scientists that made Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon. “For one priceless moment in the whole history of man.” President Nixon said while talking with the astronauts. Our Moon Mission was a profound example of the unbound potentials of collective dreams.

 

Dreams inspire us to go deep inside the ocean. It was the dream of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay that dared them to conquer Mount Everest. If Columbus hadn’t dreamt to set sail into the unknown, we couldn’t have the New World. It is because of the undying spirit of human dreams that Voyager is still out there, exploring galaxies from 1977 and continuing.  

 

Dreams that Changed the Civilization

 

Dreams have built civilization, created history, and contributed inventions. It was his dream that inspired Alexander to conquer and establish one of the largest empires in history. Dreams help us dare the impossible. Napoleon Bonaparte reshaped Europe because he had a dream for that. A farmer from Kentucky dreamt of ending slavery, and he made it through the 13th Amendment in 1865 as Abraham Lincoln. It is through dreams that we find the courage to attempt the impossible.

 

Keep Dreaming

 

Dreams awaken purpose. It is the only affordable luxury for the poor. Dreaming is not escaping reality—it is shaping a better one. It is the engine of human evolution. There is nothing wrong with dreaming big, dreaming loud, and dreaming beyond. The moment you stop dreaming, you lose your ability to soar.

 

In the words of poet Langston Hughes, “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”

 

Keep dreaming.