There's a Hero if You Look into Your Heart

This post is specially dedicated to five remarkable people. All of them are the same age as me. That is not the only connection between me and them. They have a dream that they cannot realize. I don't even have a dream but still I am lucky enough to be able to have what these people sorely want.

In a sentence, four of them want to do medicine but they can't. I don't even want to study medicine, but I can. If one of those five, a friend, is the same caste as I am then no problem......Just because she's a different caste- something that has nothing whatsoever to do with intelligence or education, she can't have her wish. How's that for crushing your dream? Caste as an excuse.....The irony of it.....

Sometimes I feel that am lucky....hell....I know am lucky. Not just because that I have what they all want, that I have what is so badly coveted but because I don't have to go through what they are all going through........The only thing that can be worse than going through what they are going through is feel that no one loves you........

I cannot say how it will feel when your dreams are turned to dust. But I can say how brutal it must be, to want something so much, to have dreamed of something for as long you can remember and then having to come to terms with the fact that your best isn't good enough.

I can't help them. Sure I can say crap like "This must be for the best" or "God has different plans" but I might as well keep my mouth shut.....I am no education minister (it would be better if I were), can do nothing to change their situation........stuck in a situation they can't get out of.....stuck in a situation where I can't help them.....but I wish I could help.....two of those people mean more to me than I can say.....they've always been there for me.....but I can't do anything for them now.......that feeling of helplessness in me and hopelessness in them.......

The least I can do to show that I care, I feel, I know how they feel........So this post is for those five friends. This post is for Ken, Mariam, Sajan, Shanmu, Tharini......



HERO
-Mariah Carey

Hmm
There's a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid
Of what you are
There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

It's a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt
Will disappear

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

Oh oooh
Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don't let anyone
Tear them away, hey yeah
Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time
You'll find the way

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

That a hero lies in you
Ohhh
That a hero lies in
You