After seeing so many people simply trying not to die of starvation, I wouldn't say the advice of "follow your dreams" is universal. Especially when so many people don't even question why they are motivated to pursue something in the first place. Their dream could be to earn enough money to help their family move out of a polluted neighborhood. Perhaps the audience for this are college students in developed nations. However, the principle of reorienting priorities to see that life is more than accumulating materials is something that brings more happiness even to a poor person I met in Cambodia.
On Feb 20, 2013 Chara Bui wrote:
After seeing so many people simply trying not to die of starvation, I wouldn't say the advice of "follow your dreams" is universal. Especially when so many people don't even question why they are motivated to pursue something in the first place. Their dream could be to earn enough money to help their family move out of a polluted neighborhood. Perhaps the audience for this are college students in developed nations. However, the principle of reorienting priorities to see that life is more than accumulating materials is something that brings more happiness even to a poor person I met in Cambodia.