First in a long time

Today was the first in a LONG time I heard someone share about a dream. No, not the kind you get at night or the ones you wake up perspiring all over.

It is a dream shared with much passion and conviction. As I hear, I couldn't help but be brought onto the journey of imagination and possibilities. It ignited something in me. For a long time since, I felt my heart beat faster, because I hadn't been able to identify such conversations with people around me.

I realized that many still have no dreams, no desire to even be forward looking except to live just for another day. No courage to envision possibilities. This is the kind of childhood many of us were brought up with. Jellyfishes, chickens or wimps you might call, and there's no denying that those words carry some truth.

I recall a passing remark made by a fellow entrepreneur about this other entrepreneur and it went like this: "Yah, usually it's people like him that will make it..." In my mind, i went 'Whaatttt?!!"

Was it the fact that he was left to fight for himself, brought out to an environment entirely foreign and only to be equipped with the moral support of parents - so that Courage emerged victorious? I wish the best for this young aspiring teacher to be. And for all who hope to be an educator, be one that speaks with conviction and passion - not with commission or pessimism.

Suddenly, whatever that seems ridiculously unreasonable on my plate is making perfect sense to me. Not that I'm pleased with the weight; rather, joy goes before me.

Ahh, I need to meet and speak with more of such people. I'm sure they are lurking somewhere, just like this unassuming young man that spoke with much enthusiasm. Many once laughed at him; I'm beginning to watch his life with much anticipation :)

Life is good. I'm lovin it.