Have a dream.

This morning I had a long talk with a friend in which I told her about another friend’s dream; the dream of having a Volvo for every member of the family.

This other friend came from a poor family. Due to this dream of his, he bought a Volvo when he became a teacher. Of course, it had to be a second-hand Volvo as he just did not have that kind of money to afford a new Volvo. Furthermore an old Volvo was cheaper than other new cars. He parked the car in front of his house most of the time as he knew that it was expensive to drive the car out. To move around, he had an old Honda motorcycle. Well, old or not, he did have a Volvo. The dream had been put into action. It was the first step.

It must have been tough for him to maintain the Volvo. I remember being out in the car once and we stopped at one petrol station where he requested for his engine-oil to be checked. The engine-oil was low and dirty but instead of having an oil change, he just had some engine oil added to the old oil. That was what he usually did, apparently.

This friend was good at Qikung and with his ability to sell himself as an expert in the field, he retired from the teaching service and took off for America and other countries where he not only made a name for himself but also made a big pile of money, more than enough to fulfill his dream of giving every member of his family, a total of five, each a Volvo. Of course, as the son and the daughters grew up, they wanted other cars instead of the Volvo and changes were made but we can say he accomplished his dream.

Today, he is retired from teaching Qikung but he has established so many Qikung schools all over the world. With the money from these schools, we can say that he has become rich. His son accompanies him to all his Qikung schools eacy year.
Thus, it is important to have a dream and work towards it for it is possible for dreams to materialize.