I have spent some time lately with someone rather interesting. He is young, and ambitious, and foolish as all young people are (myself included!).
We have discussed many a different topic. I was impressed by his wealth of knowledge, and amused by his naivety. I heard him speak of his dreams, and what dreams they were!
I caught myself thinking of how he would be speaking of them ten years from now, after the world had filed away at them, day after relentless day.
I was appalled at my own cynicism! Already thinking of his inevitable failure! Inevitable! The very word that came to mind!
Indeed I was convinced that he would never achieve what his heart and mind sang about today. I mentally slapped myself in the face; hard! (I was too cowardly to do it for real!)
Shocking how easy it has become to dismiss our hopes and aspirations and satisfy ourselves with the status quo. How can we move forward if we have persuaded ourselves that even trying is futile?
I truly believe that anything is possible. It is even possible to forget having that belief! The only thing that stands between us and our dreams is our perseverance; our ability to learn from failure rather than collapse beneath it.
For so long now my goals have been so down to earth, never higher than eye level. I'm looking up now. So much so that even to those who say the sky's the limit, I will politely reply: No, it's not.
We have discussed many a different topic. I was impressed by his wealth of knowledge, and amused by his naivety. I heard him speak of his dreams, and what dreams they were!
I caught myself thinking of how he would be speaking of them ten years from now, after the world had filed away at them, day after relentless day.
I was appalled at my own cynicism! Already thinking of his inevitable failure! Inevitable! The very word that came to mind!
Indeed I was convinced that he would never achieve what his heart and mind sang about today. I mentally slapped myself in the face; hard! (I was too cowardly to do it for real!)
Shocking how easy it has become to dismiss our hopes and aspirations and satisfy ourselves with the status quo. How can we move forward if we have persuaded ourselves that even trying is futile?
I truly believe that anything is possible. It is even possible to forget having that belief! The only thing that stands between us and our dreams is our perseverance; our ability to learn from failure rather than collapse beneath it.
For so long now my goals have been so down to earth, never higher than eye level. I'm looking up now. So much so that even to those who say the sky's the limit, I will politely reply: No, it's not.
