Big Dreams

"Does it count if it's only a dream"
- Arundathi Roy, God of Small Things

Cambridge, Prague, Europe, Africa, The Hague, Human Rights, International Law. I have big dreams.
Does it count if they're only dreams. Do our dreams define us or do the proactive actions that follow the intent characterise our identities?
One can be charged for the intent of murder so surely the will must count for something.
But why does it matter if at the end of the day we are all branded failures if we don't get our big dreams.
And is it worth working for these big dreams that probably won't happen. It's so easy to say something so cliche about not being able to get them if you don't try. But what if trying is so hard that you don't think it's worth it anymore. What makes something worth your while. How do I know it's going to be worth my while, and what if it turns out that it isn't. Then will it be worth it because I tried or will it have been wasted for nothing.

I have Big Dreams but I don't think they count.