Yes, money does make your life easier. It gives you the opportunities to travel with leisure, buy the cars you desire, live in luxury homes…

I have nothing against making a healthy income, in fact, if you are willing to work effective and pay the price go right a head and make the millions.

Now that being said, unfortunately people seem to focus on money as a priority over their passions and true intrinsic dreams.

I am sitting here in a Starbucks working on a presentation as my hearing gravitated towards a conversation behind me. Taking a quick glance I noticed a woman and a teenager. From their conversation it seemed like the woman was coaching the teenager for the life he is about to partake.

The boy started talking about his dreams and what he wanted to do in life, what would make him truly happy. It was so refreshing to hear him talk about his passions, even though I could not see him as he sat behind me, I could feel the glow he felt as he talked about his future.

Now came the all powerful, knowledgeable, experienced coach. She started by telling him all about her self. “She is a certified coach and how important it is that he does what she says if he wants to succeed in life.” and onwards and onwards and onwards. Well you get the point, she just did not care to stop talking about herself, in turn she had no idea what success really meant to this teenager.

One of the first things she said to this passionate and full of life teenager was “it is great that you have all these dreams, but first thing you need to consider is will it make you the money you need in life.” If she was sitting beside me I would have pretended to drop my tea all over her just so she can stop stealing his dreams away.

Then she went on to take his dream, and insisted she knew what was best for him by creating a 5 year action plan that prioritized all around what would help him create the most income.

You could feel the life being sucked right out of him. His excitement had deflated, his energy level had declined.

Then she ended with a line that actually made me spill tea all over my self in the middle of a sip.

She went on to say, “I don’t want you to get worried about it, this is just what life is all about. Now I have you booked for next Wednesday, do you want to pay for this session in cash or cheque?”

Why do we insist on stealing the dreams children have? There is nothing more powerful than a passionate dream. If we teach our children to follow their dreams and passions with all their soul they will create happiness in their lives beyond any imaginable thought.

As he got up to leave I turned around and saw that life had been drained out of him. As he walked by I looked at him and said; “I did not mean to listen into your conversation, but I could not help but to feel the passion you have for your dream. The only way you could lose that is if you and only you are willing to give it away – so never lose sight of it.”

You could see a glitter come back into his eyes, I just hope it was enough for him to hold on to his dreams.”

Fred Sarkari

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