"The Moth and the Star" is a fable by James Thurber,[1] printed in the story collection Fables for Our Time in 1940.
In the fable, a young moth aspires to fly up to a star, and keeps trying to reach that impossible goal.
Indeed, they all fly to candles and are burnt to ashes.
The dreamy, unrealistic young moth keeps focused on flying to a star.
He lives a long and happy life.