Reckless and Naïve

Sometimes I think I want too much out of life. I mean, how many people end up with a job they truly love? How many people get to live out that perfect dream that they used to cling to as a child? Isn’t it naïve to do so? Isn’t it childish to not give in to reasonable salaries and the call of a good retirement plan?

Maybe I am naïve. Maybe I am too reckless.

I know I could build a nice life for myself, leveraging the talents I’ve been given to make a good living here. I could live a “normal” life and get married and have kids and look out for myself and those around me.

Or… I could choose a different path. One that I don’t even have a map too. One that calls my heart with such a passion that when I think about it, I realize I must have simply been created to want it.

There is nothing wrong with here. There is nothing wrong with a 9-5 job and a 401k as long as you don’t live life selfishly without thinking of others. But perhaps that is wrong for me. Maybe I just have to accept that I’m going to have to be idealistic sometimes even if it makes me feel childish to do so. Maybe I will live my life dreaming and miss out many “sensible” opportunities around me.

But I don’t care. I would rather hope for something that makes my heart feel alive and be in constant pursuit of it, then settle for getting by. I am not a child. But maybe I still have a child’s heart. And I am learning not to fight that.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that if you really wanted to, you could follow that idealistic dream that you abandoned years ago. You’re not foolish or naïve to do so. Maybe a little reckless, but in the best possible way.

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