Dreams come true when someone believes in you

During a recent trip to Australia I met a school friend, Mridul Mahajan, and enjoyed listening to many inspiring tales related to his successful solar plant business. There was, however, a moment when he paused all of a sudden and filled the silence by profusely praising his wife for helping him realise his business dreams.

“I remember I was hesitant to enter the solar plant industry as I was not confident about running a business on my own, but it was my wife who stood beside me and motivated me to take the plunge. Had she not supported me, I would have never gone this far,” he said

smiling.

Later, thinking about what he said, I understood that thankfully for many of us there is always someone at some point in our journey of life who helps us realise our dreams and motivates us to keep marching ahead. Sometimes, he or she is the only soul standing with us when everyone else has turned their backs to us and hence they become our ‘sunshine’.

I remember a senior from school, Nimrat Kaur Sran, who wanted to be a cabin crew member with an international airline. Belonging to a small town, Kotkapura, in Punjab, she is currently working with British Airways. A conversation with her, shortly after her brother passed away, comes to mind. “He was the only one who realised my passion and interest in this career and asked me to go for it. If I am pursing my passion today it’s because of him. I am doing what I really wanted to”, she told me. Not many people from small towns could understand the value of one’s dream or passions, she added.

Lessons can also be learnt from Bollywood actor Anupam Kher’s famous play, Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai (Anything can happen), which is all about his life and focuses on how he became an actor.

Not only did I see the play I also got the chance to interview him for the Hindustan Times, and was told that when Kher went to Bombay to chase his dream of becoming an actor, he struggled for the first few years and was so discouraged by not landing any role that he wanted to go back to his hometown Shimla and take up any ordinary job. Sharing his frustrations with his grandfather in a letter, he was inspired by the reply. His grandfather advised him to continue his struggle, saying that going back home would be betraying a dream. “Bheege huey insan baarish se nahin darte” (Drenched men do not get scared of the rain), were his words and they still resonate with me”, Kher shared in both the play and the interview.

“I am really grateful for my grandfather’s positivity, that he did not want to see me give up on a dream. Many people advised me to return to Shimla but he was the only one who had faith in me and my dream. I thank him as whatever I am today is because of him.”

We certainly should be thankful to all those who support us and our dreams. After all, someone has rightly said: “A bird can’t fly on one wing.”

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE AT SOME POINT IN OUR JOURNEY OF LIFE WHO HELPS US REALISE OUR DREAMS