勵志集——第十四章：This Is My Dream (2007)

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This Is My Dream (2007)

作曲：Kashy Keegan
填詞：Kashy Keegan
主唱：Kashy Keegan

I have no choice
I'm in too deep,
My heart was born
To follow this dream
And I can't back down
And I won't give in
Somehow I'll find
That strength deep within
'Cause the passion I feel inside
Is too strong to lay down and die

This is my life
This is my dream
This is the reason my heart beats
I'd rather fight
Each day of my life
Than give up belief
'Cause this is my heart
This is my soul
This is the only love I've known
My will to try
Grows weaker with time
But I won't give in
'Cause this is my dream

I've stood my ground
And I've had to fight
But I won't give in
To these fears of mine
The road may be long
But I'll soldier on
'Cause I know in my heart
Where my soul belongs
Don't ever lecture me
Or tell me who to be

This is my life
This is my dream
This is the reason my heart beats
I'd rather fight
Each day of my life
Than give up belief
'Cause this is my heart
This is my soul
This is the only love I've known
My will to try
Grows weaker with time
But I won't give in
'Cause this is my dream

There were times I tried
To follow a path
That was never right for me
And so I promised myself
That I would follow my heart
And if no one else believes

Well this is my life
This is my dream
This is the reason my heart beats
I'd rather fight
Each day of my life
Than give up belief
'Cause this is my heart
This is my soul
This is the only love I've known
My will to try
Grows weaker with time
But I won't give in
'Cause this is my dream

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憑藉激昂的旋律、振奮人心的歌詞，這歌被選為宣傳2012年倫敦奧運的勵志歌曲，實至名歸。這又是一首初聽便喜歡，再聽更喜歡，細閱歌詞後長年留在腦海的歌曲，同樣成為「勵志集」不可或缺的一員。

全曲的詞都寫得十分好，完全道出擁抱夢想、堅守信念應有的態度。

"My heart was born
To follow this dream"

"This is my life
This is my dream
This is the reason my heart beats"

正如作者所言，自由、旅行的DNA仿似與生俱來，自己有意無意間其實都是朝著心中夢想的方向前行。活著就是為了追夢，就是要實踐心中理想。

"And I can't back down
And I won't give in"

"I'd rather fight
Each day of my life
Than give up belief"

若然與自身價值觀有所衝突，決不退讓，不容妥協，始終堅持心中所信的一套。

"My will to try
Grows weaker with time
But I won't give in"

有說時間是療傷的好朋友手，但亦可能是消磨意志的敵人。隨著時間的逝去，接連的挫折可能令人對信念產生動搖，這亦是個人意志最為軟弱的時候。面對這種困境，要搬出更強的信心與決心，支撐自己相信的價值，以巨大的意志力去抵抗消沉的士氣。

旅程上，尤其是高山遠足行程，最容易出現洩氣的情況。面對看似無盡的崎嶇山徑，感到體力有點不繼，心中不期然會懷疑自己能否按時抵達終點，甚至閃起放棄的念頭。這時，腦海中左右兩邊會出現兩把聲音，一邊是魔鬼，另一邊是天使，他們輪流對著我喊話，說著相反的內容：魔鬼不斷游說我放棄，說根本沒有可能做到，天使則不斷鼓勵我，只要調整腳步和呼吸便可以達標。他倆又會互相對罵，指責對方的不是。這種腦海交戰的場景不止一次出現，幸而每次都是魔鬼敗走，天使勝利。每次經歷完這樣的腦海交戰，反而強化自身內在對抗逆境的信心與能力。

"Don't ever lecture me
Or tell me who to be"

"There were times I tried
To follow a path
That was never right for me"

"And so I promised myself
That I would follow my heart
And if no one else believes"

這是小弟最愛的幾句歌詞。我就是我，我選我路，適合別人的路不一定適合我，我追求的亦不一定是別人所追求的。這是個多元世界，每個人都可以走自己想走的路，不必複製別人的模式。

2014年，再次向經理遞上辭職信，又是說著：「我將會浪遊幾個月」。這趟遠走西伯利亞鐵路、波羅的海、北歐、北極圈的旅程，心中就是懷著 "This Is My Dream" 的心情。

順理成章，這首歌亦成為2014年「歐亞陸橋」旅程的主題曲。在搖晃的車廂內，橫越西伯利亞鐵路的其中一段，耳筒傳來這歌的明快節奏，腦中想著很多關於人生、理想、生活、旅行的事情，思緒交雜，興之所至，即場即寫下這篇 This is my dream 。