DARE TO DREAM
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." Teddy RooseveltDo you remember when you were a child and no dream seemed too big? Some of us thought we would walk on the moon; some dreamed of riding with Roy Rogers; others imagined stepping to the plate in a big-league game. Every one of us, when we were young, had a common trait - we were dreamers. The world hadn't gotten to us yet to show us that we couldn't possibly achieve what our hearts longed for. And we were yet still years from realizing that in some cases we weren't built for achieving our dream (I realized about my junior year of high school that I was too short and to slow to play professional basketball. The dreamer is always the last to know).
Eventually we started to let our dreams die. People began to tell us that we couldn't do the things we wanted. It was impossible. Responsible people don't pursue their dreams. Settle down, get a job, be dependable. Take care of business, live the mundane, be content.
Do you know what I say to that? Hooey!
It is time to dream again!
posted by syaq @ 9:40 AM
1 Comments:
Sadly, it seems sometimes we must change one dream for a different one. Although certain dreams fade with agonizing slowness so that we think maybe it's better to have them torn away in an instant--a sudden painful rip that leaves a gaping hole in our belly like a hollow starving. Eventually, it will heal as we fill it up again...cycling on and on, some slow, some quick, until whatever comes after. But in between, the beautiful moments cycle too.
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