You Can’t Do That. I hear it, you hear it. Is it true? Many of us have heard the Chinese proverb counter argument: “People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it?”
Into which camp do I fall? How far into “this” camp do I sit? How willing am I to admit this in public?
As a kid I was squarely in the “anything’s possible” camp. I have a long-ago memory from first grade about a planned class trip to a Hawaiian luau. It was the culmination of lessons about the Hawaiian Islands which included the building of a working model volcano. Oh the excitement! It was a big deal and this 7-year old knew we were flying to the island – by helicopter – for the party. For real! On the day of the luau I was unexpectedly and massively sick with an ear infection. I couldn’t go and was devastated; I sobbed and sobbed that I would miss the adventure.
What is real? What is imagination? What is possible? The ‘little me’ believed in a possibility that maybe no one else did. I’m pretty sure my mom tried to console me that it wasn’t a “real” trip – but I insisted it was. I KNEW it was.
Dain Heer says “Get this! This is the key: You can create great things from beyond this reality if you are willing to be functional in and through this reality, but not owned by it.” Then he suggests I ask this question: “What magic can I be that would change this situation?”
For those in the reality camp, I honor your choice. Me; I am chasing the luau.
“Attitudes are more important than facts.” – Dr. Karl Menninger
