Ambition

Ambition. The Webster’s Dictionary defines it as an eager or strong desire to achieve something such as fame or power. In other words, it is a goal that one wants to accomplish. It takes ambition to live a life with meaning. Ambitions can come in different sizes, and different levels of importance and different levels of difficulty. However, ambitions share a similar property: they require work to achieve. The question is: how much will one do before one he or she gives up.
Ambitions change throughout your life. I remember when I was 6 years old; it was to become an astronaut. My environment and interests shaped my ambition. I was really into things like planets and outer space. Being young, I didn’t realize the magnitude of the work it took to become one, and the risks that follow the career. As time passed by, I acquired more knowledge on the career of the astronaut. Fear of death in space by lack of oxygen and extreme physical requirements eventually destroyed my ambition, an...