In His Book ‘As a Man Thinketh’ James Allen wrote ‘The dreamers are the
saviors of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible…’
that line blows my mind. To be audacious would be to dream and I dream. I dream
big bigger than I could imagine, I sometimes scare myself with the dreams that I
have.
Of all
things in life I know this to be true about myself I was never born to be
average, or live an average life, that is not a life for me. My life is that of
learning, growing, loving and living life to the fullest. Which means that every day is as important as
the next, yet today is my greatest task. The year is almost over, a new season
awaits us ahead so what does that mean?
It means that we have more
tasks to complete it means we have bigger dreams to go after it means that we
have yet another opportunity to be great, yet another opportunity to achieve
greatness, it means life waits for us to live it not the other way around.
I recited a poem once called ‘Learning
to Fly’ by Dale Wicks it’s a poem I was far too young to recite seeing that
till this moment I still do not fully
grasp it. What I do know is that it is about life and never allowing its hard
knocks to keep you down. So today I leave you with this poem and hope you
remember to always fly…
LEARNING TO
FLY
Brought into this place thru
flood and with blood
Wide eyed with curiosity
You are raised by children
Values inserted
Emotions surround and devour
Peers accept and reject
You choose and are burned
You try and you learn
Chastened by fear
Values adjusted
Then you fight
Failing often
Walls established
Some erode
Others remain, Perhaps forever
Values tested
Love is experienced
and you know it
Trust awakens
Joy shows her face
Mercy and faith
Then pain
Values refined
Strength gives way
Faculties fail
Time to return
One question,
Did you learn how to fly?
© Dale Wicks
