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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die,
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
(Langston Hughes)<\/p>\n
WE NEED TO HOLD ON DEARLY TO OUR DREAMS. Against the discouraging forces that tempt us to give up our dreams, we need to nourish them and cherish them. Certainly, we need to have the wisdom to refine our dreams and make sure they\u2019re aligned with true principles, but if our conscience tells us our dreams are worthy of aspiring to, then we need to keep them burning brightly.<\/p>\n
G. K. Chesterton said, \u201cThere are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.\u201d Those who are the most energized by their dreams are those who\u2019ve permitted themselves the freedom to dream boldly. On the other hand, those who have limited their dreams to that which is \u201cpossible\u201d tend to have little passion in their pursuits. If it could be known for certain that something was impossible, it would be foolish to try to achieve it, but in the real world, it pays to be very careful about predicting the future. Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun said, \u201cI have learned to use the word \u2018impossible\u2019 with the greatest caution.\u201d It was that kind of thinking that got us to the moon and back!<\/p>\n
But speaking of caution, we should also be cautious about this: we should make sure our dreams aren\u2019t selfish or materialistic. Greed wears many disguises, and it takes a person of extraordinary honesty to see when his dreams have slid off into covetousness. But the human heart is a powerful engine, and there are finer things for it to aspire to than the mere acquisition of more \u201cstuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our dreams should grow as we do, and so we shouldn\u2019t be afraid to add new dimensions to our dreams and even discover dreams that are altogether new. \u201cThe years forever fashion new dreams when old ones go. God pity a one-dream man!\u201d (Robert Goddard). If it\u2019s true, as the wise have always said, that we become what we aspire to, that\u2019s an argument for dreaming jumbo-sized dreams in full, living color.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you want to know what I most regret about my youth? That I didn\u2019t dream more boldly and demand of myself more impossible things; for all one does in maturity is to carve in granite or porphyry the soap bubble one blew in youth! Oh to have dreamed harder!\u201d (Lewis Mumford).<\/p>\n
Gary Henry \u2013 WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com<\/p>\n