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" 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.

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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.

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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. 

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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!

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I'll keep pursuing good dreams in a good way no matter what.

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2 years ago

If I will be able to achieve a dream wherein a lot of blood will be shed, and a lot of people will be sacrificed, then I wouldn't want to achieve that dream anymore. I'm such a sensitive person, that would give me depression hehe.

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2 years ago

Exactly, I would have nightmares whenever I remember their faces. We should achieve our dreams while helping others instead of hurting them.

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Absolutely! We should avoid the bad acts just to achieve the goal we have in mind.

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2 years ago

Questions! Questions!! Questions!!! It's easy to answer these questions in a hypothetical or theoretical situation but in reality, we may find ourselves doing something we never thought we're capable of doing. That only makes us humans, just saying!

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Power change Griffith a lot, but if I were him, I can't stand to give up the people who are important to me specially my family over power, i will still choose humanity.

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If we lose our humanity, what do we have left? Better not to hurt others, especially the ones we love.

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Griffith is the most hatred and betrayal character of anime universe. And you admired him too much. Have you forgetting about the last episode?
Gut is being killed by monster and on the other hand Griffith was just busying sex with Gut's girlfriend. Oh come on!!

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Hehe, I won't say Griffith did nothing wrong because he did everything wrong, lol.

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2 years ago

Yaap but most of words were admirable words of Griffith.

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2 years ago

I agree, it's okay to dream big, however, we have to control ourselves from doing crazy stuffs to achieve it. Be realistic indeed, not a perfectionist.

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2 years ago

We can't do everything, no matter how much we want to achieve our dreams; if it is unrealistic, it is better to give up before self-destruction.

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Dreams are better achieved if you help others achieve their dreams too. We live in an era where selfless service is the key.

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Exactly, helping others while achieving your dreams can be so fulfilling. A selfless person would always receive help from others.

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Well definitely, I would hit it my goal in life because with the determination dreams will be possible to happen.

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2 years ago

Dreams must be achievable or not so crazy. Also, you should never trample others in order to get them.

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2 years ago

Our dreams should be realistic, and not based on fantasies.

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2 years ago

The truth is that when we go beyond things as making them become our dreams, we tend to do the wrong thing in achieving our dreams.

Griffith had a beautiful dream but his ways through it condemned it all for him. When we dream even if it is bigger, it's good but not to the extent of doing things that hurt people just for you to achieve them.

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His dream was good, but his decisions weren't. It would have been a wiser decision if he didn't sleep with the king's daughter. Maybe he wouldn't have ended up like that. Our decisions matter a lot if we want to achieve what we want.

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The reason we need to balance and limit the dreams we have because the way you dream bigger it will affects you and it will pressure you that you only thinking no matter what happen you will achieve it. The worst case scenario once if you fails it you will put the blame on someone which is a big wrong.

We need to dream step by step. No need to be stress and pressure. Just go with the process and work for it smoothly and I'm sure you will achieve it and it will bigger and bigger that you couldn't expect at all.

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2 years ago

Yeah, the bigger the dream, the more pressure you will feel to accomplish it. It may be good to dream big, but let us not overstep our boundaries.

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2 years ago

Yes indeed Oikawa. We must know the and aware the boundaries.

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2 years ago

Before, I wanted to be an stewardess but my brother told me that the course is so expensive. I understand our situation that is why I didn't force them. There are things that are not meant for us. We just need to accept it.

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Exactly dear, there is no point in forcing something that won't work, you will only end up hurting yourself in the end.

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If ever I don't achieve my dreams at all, I still not blaming nor harm other people. I believe that maybe I have a much destined path than my dreams. Success is not only about achieving dreams but rather it's also taking other paths that life was given to you.

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2 years ago

I keep my dreams realistic and attainable.

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2 years ago

Recipe for success!😊

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2 years ago

Indeed, my friend!

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2 years ago

I experienced this many times and I always feel sad about it. In my case when I don't achieve anything I don't put a blame on anyone I just feel sad for one day or two and then I take a new start. The new start always makes me more motivated.

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It will never help to blame others, and looking towards a new start would always help!

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