Ed Here.
Don’t EVER tell yourself that you can’t make your dreams come true.
Or that your dream is to “too far out” to “too crazy” “too ambitious” or worse yet, “too unrealistic”.
To that I say Baloney!
There is no dream that cannot come true in one form or another if you truly believe in it.
Want Proof – Take a gander at this guy!
I come in peace. Picture is From TimesOnline Blog
The above photo is of guy from Switzerland named Yves who had the most impracticable dream imaginable.
Yves dreamed of being able to fly like Buzz Lightyear – the cartoon character in Toy Story.
Imagine how his family, co worker and friends probably reacted when he talked about his dream.
“You wanna do WHAT?”
I bet whatever accomplishment you may be dreaming of bringing to this planet is not half as as crazy as that.
But Yves was consumed by this insane dream.
Talk about unrealistic.
He didn’t give up on that dream. He fixed it in his mind. He visualized himself soaring through the air – like an Eagle – free and unencumbered zooming along on rocket powered wings.
We all have such “crazy” dreams. For most they get pushed away by far more practical thoughts. I mean, come on. Rocket wings? Get real.
Instead of following the masses and allowing himself to believe that dream was out of reach – he went to work. He spent years developing and testing a set of rocket powered wings.
While working on this ridiculous quest he crashed. He got burned.
Unfazed, like the scarred and battered Don Quixote from “The Man of La Mancha” he pushed forward through the disappointments and failed tests and prototypes as he focused on fulfilling his impossible dream.
Today is August 26th, 2008 a great day in the history of fulfilled dreams.
Because today that crazy dreamer flew over the English Channel at over 100 MPH using his rocket powered wings!
To quote eyewitness Charles Bremner from the “Times Online” Blog
“Yves Rossy had just leaped from the safety of his jump plane. Following behind, we watched in awe as “Fusionman” extended the eight foot wings strapped to his back, ending his free-fall and swooped into level flight.
“The Times’ Cessna 182 was part of the little squadron of two helicopters and two planes that escorted Rossy as he made history, zooming like Buzz Lightyear, the spaceman of Toy Story, out into the wide blue yonder.”
Yeah, Yves – you just made our day here on planet earth. Congratulations!
The crazy dreamer is now waving at the masses from high in the sky as he flies like a majestic eagle. We look back up in amazement, humbled by the man who dared to take his dream to completion.
Imagine that you met Yves back years ago when he was just starting out. You hit it off and and you share a drink and talk. He looks deep into your eyes and tells you that he will devote his life to a quest to fly like Buzz Lightyear.
He asks “What do you think?”
Would you have said “Go for it”?
Or perhaps said “I don’t know…maybe you should pursue a more realistic goal”?
Are you giving yourself that same feedback about your crazy dreams?
Unless you are saying “Go for it” to your crazy dream you might be keeping your personal “Eagle of achievement and freedom” stuffed in a tiny cage forever.
If you want to soar through the clouds of greatness like Yves, that Eagle must be free.
What will grow your own greatness? It could be striving for noble deeds or maybe just following an intense desire to have the ability of your favorite cartoon character.
Yves is proof that you never know where that seed of genius and greatness is hiding in you.
It might be even be knocking at your door right now disguised as something familiar …
Like Buzz Lightyear!
BTW: You think maybe inside that helmet Yves was joyously exclaiming to no one in particular…
“TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!” ?
WAY TO GO YVES – THANKS FOR THE WALLOP OF JOY!!
Ed Osworth
The Joy Professor
Author of “Unstoppable Joy! A Happier You in 12 Simple Steps”
Available overnight from Amazon and at all major booksellers.
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