Growing up, I wanted to be a footballer. Funny how I used to think and say that Nigeria wouldn't win the world cup until I joined the national team lol.

I was so convinced I was going to be one, as well as my oldest brother who had promised to help me pursue my dream because he believed in what I could do on the pitch. My play mates used to call me "computer'' haha, some called me right-footed Messi, some called me Iniesta, etc. This made my desire burn with high intensity that I started contemplating on enrolling into an academy.

Fast forward to life after secondary school, I enrolled into the university and planned to pursue a career in football with my education also in view. The twist: My dream came crashing down in my first year. For quite some time prior to that moment, I occasionally had breathing difficulties and light headedness, especially when playing ball. I didn't take this seriously since I knew it was normal to gas out during sports.

However, it became worse in my freshman year and I couldn't spend up to 4 minutes on the pitch without getting tired, I guess the school stress triggered that. So I decided to see a doctor, and was referred to a cardiologist. I did later on, after the first semester of that year, and then my heart was broken. I was diagnosed with a heart disease after a session of an ECG test. I knew I couldn't have a chance to play football anymore unless God did a miracle.

It has been difficult searching for a new dream since then, but I know it's for the best and it made me realize that some times for every dream we lose, there's another one to dream that will come true, and that God's plan for us isn't always what we want. I also look back at the likes of Hungary's Miklos Feher, Nigeria's Samuel Okwaraji, Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foe, and other footballers who died on the pitch, and I thank God that that wasn't my case.


So nairalanders, what dreams have you lost and do you have any hope of recovering them, or you're in search for another?

Langston Hughes comes to mind with his poem:

''Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly''.

How is telling you lost dreams supposed to help.


Bro close this thread.... Stop looking for people to join you in your lost cause... Rather help people find their dream.

blackpanthar:
How is telling you lost dreams supposed to help.


Bro close this thread.... Stop looking for people to join you in your lost cause... Rather help people find their dream.

What do you mean by "looking for people to join you on your lost cause" ?

blackpanthar:
How is telling you lost dreams supposed to help.


Bro close this thread.... Stop looking for people to join you in your lost cause... Rather help people find their dream.

hehehe...

My dream of being in the military, but i have eye problem......

Heartlessbanker:
My dream of being in the military, but i have eye problem......

That's not a lost cause. Eye problems are medically fixable. I have to ask, what inspired that dream?

Humanoid01:

That's not a lost cause. Eye problems are medically fixable. I have to ask, what inspired that dream?

i liked guns and weapons as a kid. i loved watching war films then, so i guess that's what inspired it. But i'm not interested anymore sha.

Heartlessbanker:
i liked guns and weapons as a kid. i loved watching war films then, so i guess that's what inspired it. But i'm not interested anymore sha.

Lol it seems you quit so easily. Why? You found another dream almost immediately?

Humanoid01:

Lol it seems you quit so easily. Why? You found another dream almost immediately?

Yeah

Langston Hughes comes to mind with his poem:''Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly''.