puzzzzzling story!!!

Today I met some random person in a bus.Some how we started talking with each other.And he was so much into talking that he started sharing his personal things.He told me about his problem which I am sharing with you.I still do not know why he told me.Here we go:-

He had a dream a year ago that he had to achieve some particular goal and that dream was so intense that he was convinced that he will achieve the same.But actually he knew he can not because it was not going to possible in any case or you can say just 1-2 % chance.So he started working on it.He knew that the path, on which he was walking on, had many risks.At many points ,he thought to quit because he realised that he cannot reached to his destination but his dream never let him to do so.The path was like in the form of ladder and as he stepped upward ,he could not come down. He was going upward and upward with no chance of coming in downward direction.Now he is at the point where he has realised that he cannot achieve his goal beacuse its not practically possible.but situation is like he cannot go back also because there is no ladder in backward direction and to move forward he need some steps which is not available.So either he has to allow himself to fall down from the ladder which can cause damage to himself or he should stay there and wait for some steps(which is not possible).

He asked me the solution of the same.I told him to fall down but he wanted to stay there only because his dream is not allowing him to do so.I asked him about his goal but he was just smiling.And then he had to deboard the bus.

I wonder what can be the solution of the same!!!