My name is Paul. Since childhood I have lived in a fantasy world. From the pages of books, to movie characters, everything sparks my imagination. In my imagination, I sometimes travel to the farthest reaches of space, and sometimes become a forester and fight the king of the forest. My fantasy world never ends, there is never anything boring or boring.
As I grew older, my imagination grew bigger. I study in university now, but that childhood fantasy has not been erased from my mind. Rather, I now mix that fantasy world with reality.
One day such an incident happened in my life, which made my fantasy a reality.
My university friends and I planned an outing together. Decided, we will take a trip deep into the mountains. I love this kind of adventure. We formed a group of ten and left for the mountains.
A few days after starting the journey, we realized that this journey would not be so easy. At first we managed everything well, but in the following days the weather started to deteriorate. Rain and fog in the hilly areas seemed to block our way.
We took shelter in a cave. The cave was mysterious and dark. The sound of the rain outside and the loneliness inside made us all uneasy.
One night, when everyone was tired and asleep, I woke up to a strange noise. I heard someone calling my name. At first I thought maybe I heard wrong. But the noise kept getting louder.
I stood up and started walking towards the sound. That sound seemed to drag me deeper into the cave. After a while I saw an old door inside the cave. I had a feeling that the door would lead to a different world.
I opened that door. As soon as the door opened, a new world opened before me. It was a stunning world, the likes of which I had never seen before. There the sky was red, the sun was huge, the trees were gigantic, and the animals there were incredibly beautiful and mysterious.
I walked there for a while. Suddenly an old woman stood in front of me. There was a deep intelligence in his face, which impressed me. He told me, "The world you have entered is no ordinary world. This is the world of your imagination, where your thoughts become reality."
I was listening to him in amazement. He added, "Whatever you think, happens here. But this world is also dangerous. If you think something wrong, it can lead to danger."
My mind was excited then. I thought I would play with the world of fantasy. I started growing the plants there. All of a sudden huge trees started to grow in front of me. I imagined a huge dragon flying in the sky, immediately the dragon floated in the sky.
But in the meantime I suddenly fell into a great danger. My fantasy world suddenly went dark, everything fell apart. The old woman came and said, "If you continue to change this world according to your will, it will be destroyed."
I immediately realized my mistake. I decided then and there, not to change this world anymore. The old woman showed me a path, which would take me out of the cave. I came out of the cave along that path.
My friends were still asleep. I didn't tell them anything. I vowed to myself, I will never forget this experience.
This incident became an important lesson in my life. I realized there is a subtle difference between reality and fantasy. We can imagine, but reality must be accepted. My fantasy world was beautiful, but it was safest for me to return to reality.
From that day I learned to differentiate between fantasy and reality. I still wander in the world of fantasy, but I no longer try to make it a reality. It may be difficult to stay in reality, but it is the most important thing for all of us.
I know, the world of fantasy will remain in me forever, but reality is my guide. I will write the story of my life standing on the ground of reality.