Academic Papers

Life overwhelms…responsibilities abound…dreams never fulfilled…forgotten as we labour away under the pressures of the day to day. I’m getting by, you say, but you scream into the wind and cry while you look for those little whims that passed you by. Never allowed to catch your breath—bills, work, school, appointments; one responsibility after another piled against the door where dreams are tapping gently on the other side. The sound of it drowned out by the world around us; even moments where we try to unwind, we are overwhelmed by the cacophony of smartphones beckoning for our attention. Just one glance, its saying, don’t look to your aspirations, follow us, like us, be with us and not with yourself. Don’t reach for those heights. Social media will aspire you to drudge through each day—it will be something to clutch to after the responsibilities of your life…it will inspire you to never look inward at your dreams, telling you they will be there to reach later. Lying until life is nothing but the echoes of lost dreams captured in italics.