" A dream is not something you do for others, it is something you do for yourself, and the moment you set your mind to pursue that dream, you should be ready to forfeit even your life."- Griffith.
Since we were children, we have always had dreams that we wanted to pursue; some of us wanted to be lawyers, doctors, and if you are like me, who grew up watching Disney cartoons, then I am sure you wanted to be a King or Queen.
We go to school for a quarter of our lifespan and finally work hard to achieve our dreams, but when things don't work out like you want them to, what do you do?
To many people, their dreams are something they can never let go of, and that is why you see them doing all sorts of things to make sure they achieve it.
I have heard stories of how people hurt others badly because they wanted them out of the way or didn't give them what they wanted.
No matter how much you want to achieve your dreams, you should never hurt others
because you won't even have your humanity if you achieve your dreams.
It is better to have your humanity still and not achieve your dreams than hurt/kill others because you think that will make you reach where you think you should be.
I got the inspiration for this article from a movie I watched recently; the name is Berserk, and it is a dark fantasy genre.
At first, I was scared to watch it because it was so scary and filled with gore, but when I summed up the courage to watch it, I found it exciting and had a great story.
I don't want to talk much about the story in general, I wanted to focus on one significant character that caught my interest, and his decisions changed the way I see friendship and dreams entirely.
The character's name was Griffith, a man of humble beginnings; as a child, he lived in poverty, but even if he was poor, he had a big dream; he wanted to have a kingdom.
I am not against dreaming big, but I think there should be a limit to how big your dreams are because the more significant your dreams are, the more problems and sacrifices you have to make, I think.
Griffith was willing to do anything to fulfill his dream, and because he was a handsome young man, he sometimes offered his body to older men to gain money and funds to build his army.
Griffith builds his army, and soon he becomes the king's right-hand man, but his ambitions don't stop there.
He killed the king's brother, wife, and nephew because they were causing problems for him.
His right-hand man disapproved of this and left his army. You would think this won't cause Griffith a problem, but the truth is he was actually in love with his right-hand man.
The departure made Griffith sad and confused, and he eventually slept with the king's daughter.
He is captured and tortured for a whole year as punishment for his actions; he was a shadow of his past self; after a year, he is left without his tongue, ability to stand/walk and hold.
His right-hand man later rescues him, but this is where his revenge starts.
Celestial beings summon him to become their kindred, and the price he has to pay is sacrificing his whole army, both friends and family.
To fulfill his dreams of having a kingdom, he sacrifices everyone close to him and eventually rap*s his right-hand's wife as revenge.
When I finished watching the movie, I had to think for some moments.
The story showed me what some of us are willing to do for our dreams and how we blame people for our downfall.
I want to ask everyone a question, if you were in the same situation as Griffith, would you sacrifice the people close to you for what you want to achieve.
What he did was selfish and evil, but I want to hear what everyone thinks about it.
What do you do when you don't achieve what you want? Do you blame and hurt others? Or do you move on and find other ways to get to where you want to be?
Let us ask ourselves this question before we ever think of chasing our dreams, what are you willing to do when things don't go the way you want? And is your dream too big for you?
Thank you for reading!
I'll keep pursuing good dreams in a good way no matter what.