Amal Mtibaa : First Winner-EKTEBLI in English

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word
« Dream »?

Is it the vision you have during sleep?

The wishes and goals you want to achieve?

Or, what you consider as impossible?

There are too many philosophies on how you could describe this word. The first
thing that came to my mind was a Cinderella song that says:
“No matter how your heart is grieving,
If you keep on believing,
The dream that you wish will come true.”

For me, a dream is the belief that make us alive, not a goal we want to achieve,
but a destiny we have to follow. It’s like the air we breathe or the food we eat…It’s
a necessity that every one of us needs to have in order to be alive.

You may think I am being too optimistic…You may say it is not easy to achieve
dreams… and maybe some of them are impossible…
I never said it’s an easy road… It’s hard to change…It’s hard to keep trying every
single day…to ignore the noise of others opinion and put all your energy on
following your heart.
It takes courage to take action…
When nothing seems to be working, it takes courage to start all over again…
I am not here to motivate you… I am not here to tell you how you can “magically”
reach all your dreams… I am just here to remind you of an obligation you have
toward yourself…an obligation not to let anyone steal your dream…to refuse to
pass in this life without making an impact…to invest in yourself and to go all the
way…

They say it’s bad luck to tell people about your dream. However, I think we all
share the same one.
Don’t we all want to be happy?
We simply have different definitions to this happiness.
I could spend hours telling you about my dreams, but I would rather get back to
work on them and let you know when they come to reality.

The last thing I want to tell you is to follow your heart and intuitions, they somehow
already know what you truly want to become.

So believe in yourself!

Stop talking about your dream, and go show us what you can do!