Once an Hero...now????

I was once quoted by everyone saying "Thats how you should be". Am not bad now. But, things have changed around me so fast.. Even now people quote me as example but not the way i want them to....I was a very active kid and people expected a lot out of me. The biggest hurdle for any person is to rise up to the expectation and I did that with ease.
When I turn around,I myself wonder how i did those. The biggest hurdle that i had to cross was to get a job. Surprisingly i got that too..Things seemed to be going around well till then, until i lost what i considered to be my biggest asset, my job. That job i had gave me an identity, gave my parents a sense of pride. Thats gone now... Am back to the streets, taking my profile looking for companies with a "hire" board.
I dreamed a lot, just like any other guy of my age. I wanted to do a lot to my parents, to my brother n to his kid.... I see my friends realizing their dreams while am still dreaming about it...
Everyone will go through a difficult phase in his life but why am I going through difficult times alone????? Where am i heading to???