Dream On!

Inspiration + Perspiration= Validation. This is the formula for success. Everything you desire in life begins first with a vision. Carl Sagan said, "Nothing happens.... But first a dream!" How true is that? Without the vision there would be no goal.

Dallin Larsen, founder of Mona Vie, saw a need in Brazil. The poverty and abuse of children drove him to a vision of a better life for them. Did he look to the government for support? Nope, he took action, and now the M.O.R.E. project is providing education, sanitary conditions, food, and housing to aid the youth out of their poverty. He had a dream and took action!

All men and women are born, live suffer and die;

what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about...

We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death.

But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.

--Joseph Epstein

How many young ladies dream of their prince charming? Then some young man walks into their life and begins to morph into her vision. She sees him for what he can be, not as he is. This is a great example of inspiring people to excel, giving them a chance to personally grow to that envisioned prince. That young man becomes a husband, and a provider and maybe a father.Her hero! He's introduced to responsibility. Truth be told all he was probably searching for was a date. She raised the bar on him and hopefully he rose to the occasion.

It's our responsibility to dream. We owe society a vision, and we owe people the opportunity to grow to our belief in them. How many people can you inspire by validating the good, and bringing the cream to the top? So many people are just yearning for someone to see them for what they could be. Raising them from the rut they've trapped themselves into through a lack of vision and belief in themselves. How many wrongs can you right by working toward the goals you've set by dreaming. How unimportant can the role of government assistance become if we lift others, and inspire them to dream? Inspire to aspire!

Just something to dream on..............

God Bless
Capt. Bill