As always, you think what I think once more, Jerry..(or Jeremy,or -- whatever..) Getting abit miffed over that.. but nevermind, I will try to take a different perspective along the same lines.. Although it ends up like some garbled nonsense all the time.
Dreams, simply put, are the wants of something that are sometimes usually out of grasps. More like a fantasy, or having a state of mind characterised by abstraction or the momentary release from reality.. That's what dreams are made of.
Often the motivation of most sorts, dreams are like fogged-up aspirations of a person. My perspective, thus far, is that Goals, ambitions and the like are spun from the miss-matched form of dreams. I do suppose you could put it this way: There's nothing short of persuing a dream you've always dreamt of. Dreams itself, are the causing determination-factor that drives most people to achieve them. They can often times be unrealistic, and the world usually call such dreams: DayDreams. haha, yes, day dreams.. like building castles in that air... That's why most people just laugh themselves foolish of thinking of having unrealistic dreams.
What of Ambitions? The actual, technical fact that the term 'Ambition' is a synonym to 'Dreams' sets it rather confusing for many. Me, included. After searching for its actual meaning, the term is rather quite far from a dream. No pun intended.
Ambitions, according to WordNet(r)0.2 (not new, i know, but the base-line meaning is there) states that it is "a strong drive for success", and ofttimes "a cherished desire". Likewise to what Jezzeler has touched on, it is another level slightly higher than a dream. Ambitions are very often found in today's political society. That drive to perfection, that will to succeed, the need for status and power. Those are just plain biased examples.
One could suppose that Ambitions are just dreams that are prepared to take off for its long and no doubt, bumpy ride ahead. It is a dream with an intention. A dream with substance, as what one part of my mind is reeling to say now. A dream with a need. A dream that is wanting to be completed. I could give you many other descriptions of what an ambition is, but it'll bore you endlessly. But if ambitions are said to be a cherished desire, I do suppose that's how we get the baddies in all societies of all times of Human kind.
But all that aside, I am still wondering what my dreams and ambitions are...
Leaving you with yet an infamous quote that one often thinks of when considering the options of their amibitions:
"To be; Or not to be: That is the question." --- Hemlet.
posted by anj @ 18:49
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