It was only after I finished the book tht I realised what it was really about. I found that the characters in Great Expectations who dream the most, hope the most, and plan the most are ultimately wounded by their dreams, hopes, and plans. This is taken a step farther when the characters realize their dreams, they do not find the happiness that they had orriginally expected. The overwhelming theme here is that when you only focus on the future, our past and present will deterierate, basically, it is better to live life for today rather than for tomorrow.
Throughout life you begin to realise this message. If you act on it then you may find yourself in a beeter place. I notice that this rings true with both the large and the small things in life.
In gymnastics, I am ultimately looking down the road to being the champion of the highest level. It's great to have dreams, but you cannot let them override you. If all I focussed on when I was six years old in level four was being better than the best, I would have gotten caught up in this desire and never been able to push forward. Instead I take every season at a time, every week, ever practice, every event, every turn, every skill at a time. Every time I do this it's bringing me closer to my ultimate goal. In Great Expectations, Pip gets tethered by his want for wealth leading to high social stature then to Estella and, in the end, what he thought would be, happiness. In his case, if he were to not get tangled within his want for Estella, class, and money, he would have been happy all along. He would have never been wanting what, in the end, he could never have. His unltimate goal was not Estella, but happiness. If he had worked everyday on happiness, not what he thought would lead him there, he would have continuously lead a joyous life.
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