Dream.....because sometimes, they come true.

Dreams.

Most of the time, they give us no chance either way - they make us think (obsessively, sometimes) of places way beyond us; and having once caught us by the scruff and captured our imagination, they never leave us - they haunt us sweetly. We're caught without a chance either way.

By definition, dreams stretch us. A dream isn't, by definition, easily achievable - if it were, it wouldn't be a dream. For who dreams of what is easily within his reach? I don't know what people mean when they speak of "small dreams". I have none. All my dreams (and I suspect, everyone's) are eternal ones. Seemingly unreachable ones.

If you have a dream, hold on to it with all your heart. Don't let anyone deter you from it. Why do I say this? Because, by definition again, everything within our experience and reach tells us "this is impossible". And we mock ourselves. Sometimes cruel blows fell our dreams. A dream shattered is a tragedy beyond human comprehension (of course, we can discount the "dreams" of the wicked) - one of the greatest consequences is a crushed and broken spirit.

But dreams have a way of coming true - sometimes we work with all that's within us and spend all we have to make them happen; sometimes they just lead us, tripping merrily along, to their blossoming. Not all dreams come true; but don't stop dreaming because of that. In fact, all the more reason to dream!!!! I'd say - dream, because they sometimes come true.

Abhinav Bindra, perhaps, had a dream. Perhaps, in his dream, he even thought of the other few billion of us; perhaps he didn't. Perhaps he just had to prove something to himself. But now the future is forever changed; this will be an eternal reference point for the history of sport in this land of ours.

Whatever Bindra did today, the brightest light in the diamond was that he had held on to his dream with all he was; and walked steadfastly towards it, one faltering step at a time.

Don't ever forsake a dream. You will, in a sense, forsake yourself if you do.........because our dreams never forsake us.