<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472904" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>From Dreams to Reality</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As a boy I was filled with <br>aspirations and dreams, <br>and imagined myself<br>a star of the silver screen. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was a romantic unsung hero, <br>an adventurer, a lone ranger.<br>A tireless fighter against evil, <br>a good cause campaigner.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was also a superhero <br>from comics and books.<br>A typical nervous Clark Kent, <br>with charm and good looks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As I grew older my parents asked<br>what did I want to do, <br>to earn a good living<br>my whole life through.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I thought and I thought, <br>but I had no idea.<br>'An apprenticeship, ' said mother, <br>which filled me with fear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At the age of almost fifteen<br>an interview at Rolls Royce, <br>An engineering apprentice, <br>this was my first choice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">White overalls with a red RR, <br>I was proud to wear, <br>and wore these work clothes<br>just about everywhere.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Everyday in the training school, <br>it was like being in the army.<br>My enthusiasm soon wore off, <br>it was driving me balmy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">After nine months of training<br>in many different trades, <br>they decided as a machinist<br>I would make the grade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The last thing I wanted <br>was to work on a machine, <br>that churned out parts<br>for planes and submarines.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I told my dearest mother<br>that I was bored to tears, <br>and I couldn't work machines <br>for the rest of my years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She said I couldn't resign<br>until I had found a career, <br>which taught me a trade<br>for the next six years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She made enquiries<br>with people she knew, <br>and arranged for me<br>an engineering interview.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I met the proprietors; <br>a man and his wife.<br>I was now an apprentice, <br>and set up for life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Royces tried to change my mind<br>and offered a different trade, <br>but I was now a fabricator, <br>and my decision was firmly made.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Orlando+Belo">Orlando Belo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472904" data-title="From Dreams to Reality de Orlando Belo" data-description="As a boy I was filled with aspirations and dreams, and imagined myself a star of the silver screen. I was a romantic unsung hero, an adventurer, a lone ranger. A tireless fighter against evil, a good cause campaigner. I was also a superhero..."></div> </div> </div>

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