The phrase “dreaming is for the brave” has never been closer to reality than in the current context of Cuban youth. As it takes on an extraordinary and deeply moving dimension. It is not simply the act of fantasizing about something better or having aspirations for the future, something common to any human being.
For a young person on this island, dreaming is an act of resistance, a daily exercise of courage in the face of a scenario that tests the limits of hope. Courage does not lie in dreaming of a personally gratifying future. But in daring to imagine different paths in an environment where options are limited and uncertainty is a constant shadow.
It is the courage to choose to stay and build from within, with all the difficulties that this entails, or the equally great courage to decide to emigrate, leaving behind love, attachment to family, and the land of your birth, to pursue a goal.
It’s the audacity to create art that questions, to passionately pursue your dream career despite the precariousness. To start your own business no matter how complex the economy, or simply to come together to discuss ideas with the faith that dialogue can bring about change.
Dreaming, for these young people, is refusing to resign themselves.
It’s finding reasons for joy: a small cup of coffee that inspires you in the morning, that “5” that drives you to keep studying. The look on the face of that older person with many experiences who says good morning. And above all, creation amidst hardship, the ability to grow amidst adversity.
Therefore, this phrase is a tribute to all young people: to those who managed to build their businesses, excel as professionals. Venture into new horizons, and to those who have yet to achieve anything—to those who continue dreaming and fighting so that one day their dreams will become reality.
To those who, with their dreams, however small, keep alive the flame of initiative, constructive criticism, and the faith that tomorrow can be different. Dreaming is, in essence, the purest form of courage: the kind you exercise when the present tries to steal your future.
By: Arlenis Betancourt Yañez
Translated by Aliani Rojas Fernandez
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