This relies upon the premise that all dreams pursued fail, which is ridiculous and not hard to disprove by speaking to someone who has achieved a dream.
> pursuing a dream means trying to bend reality to match that story, and then being pissed off because you can't
If you pursue the dream and achieve it, reality matches the story. To not match the story you must have not achieved it. I'm only responding to what you said, hardship doesn't factor into it.