FANTASY

We all have pretensions to be somebody else other than who we really are. We tend to fantasize about ourselves being someone popular, perhaps, in the school where we study or in our place of work. I guess fantasy is very much a part of our life. Take away our ability to dream and fantasize and we are left with a monotonous and dull existence. The Creator is indeed wise in bestowing us this faculty.

But I notice there are those people, who are literally living in their own world of dreams and fantasies. I am not referring to those who have lost it. Rather, I am talking about some people I happen to know who have developed inflated sense of self-importance that they fantasize about being the center of the universe. I simply do not understand them. True, they have achieved a lot but is that a license to be so bragging and boastful of one's worth?

I still believe that it still pays to be modest, even in living our dreams and fantasies. By all means, let us fantasize about being somebody more important than who we really are. But we should never forget to keep our feet grounded for after all, we are merely engaged in a reverie or fantasy.