Steemit Engagement Challenge S3-W1: My Dreams in Childhood | by @armstrongdiho

Every child has dreams and sometimes they can be achieved or not. This means that as children we have many dreams and ambitions, we achieved some of the dreams in our childhood and some when we reach adulthood while others remain unachieved. However, every child has dreams regardless of their status that's in my perspective and there is a common adage that said "any child without dreams has no vision or direction in life. So, Like every child, I inhabited dreaming about my future, with that vision of seeing them fulfilling.

However, there are some things we assume to be dreams but they're imagination. So, some of the dreams we realised or failed to realise might be imagination, well that's my point of view. However, we can have dreams when we are sleeping and we can have dreams about our feelings. To be honest, I had numerous dreams when I was a child from being a footballer ⚽ to a doctor from a doctor to a pilot 💉 and so on.

What were the dreams you had in childhood for the future

I had a dream of being a great professional,
I especially wanted to be a footballer, as well as to be a doctor. I had a lot of passion for these two careers. I love playing football ⚽, and I have raised a place where football is their hubby. Sometimes I will play football ⚽ from morning till evening time and my mom will be the one to come and look 👀 for me.

The funny 😄 aspect is that when I didn't see football to play I and my place mate will plug oranges 🍊 and be playing. In most cases, we can use empty plastic drink cans. Well, the footballers I loved so much were Jay Jay, Ronaldinho and Zinedine Zidane but the person I so much love his style of play was Ronaldinho as such I emulated him and my name was changed from Armstrong to Armstrongdiho.

I always have this zeal even up till now to play football ⚽. I told my friends one day I play for Nigeria 🇳🇬 team and I will help them to lift the Fifa world cup😪😪.

However, I loved to play, to be the doctor who took care of my family and as well as the world. This dream came when my mom fell sick and I said I need to be a doctor to save my mother and the world. Well, the zeal became higher as I was good at science subjects.

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Sometimes, I will call my friends to help me catch Lizard 🐊 and I will use it for medical practice. Guess what I normally do with the Lizard! I will just open the Lizard and check the inside and later close it back.

The first JAMB I wrote, the course was Medicine and Surgery but the grade was low I was unable to get it, then the Second I switched to Medical Laboratory Science 🔬 and I was unable to get it as well. Then I got Applied and Environmental Biology specifically Animal and Environmental Biology.

Who supported you in those dreams.

My mom supported me with my dreams, she is the only person I was privileged to see and she has always been contributing to my dreams regardless of her economic situation back then. I could remember when I told her I want to be a footballer at first she didn't like it because she doesn't have the funds. Well, she bought a football ⚽ for me and said I should use it for my practice.

However, I will be privileged to have a mother who valued education 🎓 When a time came she said to me you have to focus on your studies and take football aside for now. Then I adhered to her advice. To be honest, I have bestowed the best education, she could afford and supported me probably the best schools in our area.

She bought me a lot of science textbooks after I told her I love science subjects and thus continue to seed that interest in me, to be a professional.

But when I grew up, when I was in senior secondary school I started hustling to assist myself because the workload was much for my mom to handle. Although regardless of my side hustle, she still sends money.

Graduating as an environmental scientist as a result of the support I received from my mother as well as my siblings. I was the last born and my siblings really played a vital role later a big thanks to my mom and my siblings for such great contributions.

Which of those dreams have you achieved?

I have listed some dreams earlier but I have only achieved one which is becoming an Environmental Biologist. Well of these dreams, I can say; that it was not the first career in mind.

^{IMAGING SHOW I AND MY FRIEND ON OUR PROJECT DEFENCE}

The Dreams I have not Achieved and What went Wrong

I have not achieved the other dreams which are becoming a professional footballer and pilot, however, I have turned them to be things I only do for fun and not professionally.

^{IMAGING SHOWING I AND MY TEAMMATE}

I have tried my best to be a professional footballer but there were no funds for the sponsor. However, I joined a football team called Marazonal FC in my locality and I was a nice central midfielder and won medals. A time came my community promised to sponsor me but they failed. Well, I don't blame them because it would be like the purpose, for which I was called.

In the aspect of medicine 💉, I think nothing went wrong because it would be like the motive, for which I was called. I tried my best and had a good score but was unable to achieve and do I regret it? Of course not.

CONCLUSION

Dreams are great, when you work on them and achieve them, they bring a better and more suitable atmosphere. However, let's build our future children with a positive and quality atmosphere

I invite my friends @preshymukel @meniya @chiomy to take part in the contest.

THANKS FOR READING THROUGH