"Bliss", Miss Yvonne called out..."it is your turn, tell the class what you want to be when you grow up?", my class teacher said as the whole class turned staring at me waiting for my answer.
There I stood with the perfect answer, smiling sheepishly I turned facing him.... "Miss Yvonne, I thought about it all night...and like you said dreams are what we want to achieve or what we want in the future, right Miss?".
"Yes, you are right dear..so tell us what is your dream? what do you want to be when you grow up?" she answered waiting curiously with the rest of the class.
"I want to be...I want to be Victor's wife", I blurted out. Victor is a boy in my class I like and that was actually my dream at the moment. The class turned their faces to Victor who was shocked as they were, then turned back to me...after which everyone burst into laughter.
Lol okay, so that was supposed to be a funny intro. Thanks to @zord189 for a wonderful creative writing contest which I am participating in this time around.
I remember wanting to be a lot of things as a child, at first I wanted to be a lawyer. A lawyer because whenever my class teacher mention the most respected professions in the world lawyers always comes first....why? I don't know but I guess I felt that was the highest in rank lol.
So what happened...Hmmm, what woke me up from this was a statement I heard which was that "all lawyers are liars" and "no lawyer would make heaven" because "all liars shall go to hell". Hearing this as a kid was pretty much scary...I didn't want to go to hell, so I all that was needed was "not become a lawyer" as simple as that for my little mind back then lol.
Then I found another, this time I wanted to become an actress. Okay, this was actually a serious one lol...I was still "am" a movie lover...I joined drama groups in school even in the church. I was part of the Christmas story one time...it was actually fun thinking back to it now. I loved wearing costumes...and just acting out the one minute role lol. This time I had the dream right there.....it felt so real.
So what happened...honestly I have no idea....it just disappeared, I mean I can't really pinpoint what happened but then I guess it was not meant to be. So as many others like when I wanted to be a ballerina or that time I scored during a football match and I thought I had all it took to be a footballer lol.
One of the most silliest dream I had (if it can be called a dream actually) was having to eat a box full of chocolate when I am old enough without anyone stopping me or scolding me. Well, it did come through...not without having to spend half the day in the toilet though lol.
Thinking back to those days now, I realize it is not about not being able to achieve the different dreams that came but it was about being able to dream. The inspiration that came with it, the experience and the memories made during those times.
This is an entry to @zord189 Hive creative contest, you can check full details here to participate... @zord189/hive-creative-contest-or-childhood-dreams-contest-details
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