Dream Crazy.
I start a journey tomorrow. One I’ve been building to for some time now. I have no idea how I’m going to make this work; from a time standpoint, from a money standpoint, from a life standpoint.
There are so many things that are stacked against this that it’s crazy to even think about it, let alone start out moving towards my goal.
But the sky is calling, and I’m drawn to answer it.
I start tomorrow by booking what’s known as a discovery flight. In the not too distant future, I’ll climb into a small aircraft with an instructor, and we’ll take off together. The point of a discovery flight is to see if you like flying in a small aircraft.
For me, that flight is kind of irrelevant, because I’m going to get my pilot’s license even if I’m terrified on that flight, but it’s the best way to start out, so I’m going to do it.
Because I want to fly my own plane someday.
If you knew how crazy that sounds given where I am at, you’d probably try to sit me down and convince me that I need to be more realistic, more grounded, less ambitious, less insane. I’d let you finish talking, but your words would be falling on stony ground.
Partly because I know that if I die without achieving this goal I would regret it, but also because I truly, madly and deeply believe that if you’re not moving towards something that passionately draws you, you are just waiting out your days to die.
And life is so very, very short if you do that.
It’s too easy to fall victim to the belief that the impossible can’t come true. There are days when I believe it as well, but then my spirit rises up, and tells me that I haven’t gone through everything I’ve gone through without a reason, and that my journey is far from over. The destination is always moving from me, but I think the journey is just as exhilarating as the destination.
So I believe, in spite of all that seeks to show me otherwise.
Maybe that belief is a sign of insanity, or maybe it’s my brain’s way of finding a meaning out of the chaos that is our everyday struggle against the cruelty of the universe. Who knows, and I don’t care.
We all spend way too much of our lives trying to make sense of everything, rather than just enjoying the ride, and getting as much out of life as we can. Whatever you love, whatever you dream, as long as it’s in line with good principles, you have to go after it. If you don’t, you’ll die a little more each day.
And I don’t want that for you.
Only the biggest dreams, the ones that beckon you on while filling you with doubt are the dreams that have the power to move you beyond the you who is now, and transform you into the you who was always meant to be.
Maybe you’ll reach your goals, or maybe you won’t. The only way to know is to try, and see where your striving takes you. This reality responds to your intention,
Come fly the universe with me, and let’s see where we find ourselves.
— Dr. Alan Barnes
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