In the Dark
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Do you ever feel like you’re sitting in a dark room? Lost and confused? Like you can’t even see your own hand in front of your face.
I think dreamers feel like this a lot.
You have an idea. You have a passion. You have an end game brewing.
But going from that idea to the actual process of getting there is many times frustrating and discouraging. Like sitting in a dark room.
I love to dream. I have always been one to dream up ideas whether it be stories, songs, plays, mission projects or even inventions.
It may sound ridiculous, but many years ago I came up with an idea of combining a flea bomb can with disinfectants and call it a flu-bomb. I thought it could be something schools could use when flu season starts to spread and go haywire. At the end of the day the teacher would take out a can, shake it, place the can in the middle of the room, pull the tab and then walk out. Then by the next morning all the germs in the room would be dead.
I came up with an idea, but I never did anything with because I thought people would think it was stupid or idiotic, I didn’t know the science behind it or even if it was possible to do. So I never did anything but kept it bottled in that dark room.
The funny thing is, I just googled my idea and there are companies that are doing this. I never heard of it 20 years ago, but this was an idea I had but I never did anything with. Who knows where I would be if I had taken a step forward?
The interesting thing about new ideas is that they always sound ridiculous when they are first dreamed up.
Think of the iPad. I remember someone saying, “It will never work. It’s just a big iPhone that can’t even make calls. Just a fancy, overpriced notepad.” Look at it now.
Or think of the Wright brothers airplane. “You’re crazy to think that will fly.” And then consider the space shuttles shooting up into orbit with their large metal frames that weight many tons. Crazy.
It could be something as simple as taking an egg from a chicken and cracking it open only to find that if cooked it is delicious. But can you imagine the other person watching someone take an object that just came out of a chicken and eating what’s inside it. They might have thought, “Gross.”
But that is the incredible thing about firsts. They always seem weird, strange, scary, unheard of, impossible…until…until you do it.
Without dreamers in this world we would never have anything we do have. We would still be living in caves or under trees for shelter. We would still be eating whatever we can find lying on the ground. We would still be walking everywhere we go. We would probably still be living in Mesopotamia.
Without someone doing the first of its kind, we would still be where they were.
A few years ago I had a visual thought. I saw a long line of dominos standing up. Each domino was lined perfectly behind the other. We all know what will happen if you knock over the first domino, it will topple over and knock into the next one and then that one will topple over into the next one. But there would not be any ripple effects if the first domino never fell over. The 100th domino would still be standing if the 99th never fell.
What if your life is like a line of dominos? Are you going to take that chance of following the long line of dominos to see where it leads. Or are you going to remain standing, to afraid to take a chance and fall in faith.
But the thing is, you are just one domino. What if your actions affects someone else? What if we are all in a long line of dominos and your decision to not move causes another person to not move. And no domino will ever get to experience the thrill of the fall.
But just consider, what if you take a chance? What if you lean over and fall? What if you allow yourself the freedom to topple over? What if your one action causes another person to sway? What if your momentum causes another person to take a leap of faith? What if your act of obedience causes another to follow?
You could be a revolutionary. You could be the beginning of a new Renaissance. You could be the change the world was needing. You could be the vessel God uses to bring hope to a hopeless world.
Anything is possible. So, come dream with me a little. Come sit in the dark. Come and let your mind drift. Come and see where it takes you.
Who knows, you may soon realize you’re not sitting in the dark anymore. You may see a spark leading you to your next step in this incredible journey.
So, this goes out to the dreamers out there:
What are some ideas you have had, but never did anything with?
Are you tired of just letting them sit in a dark room collecting dust?
Is it time to try to find that spark?
Just sit and dream for a while. It is always the darkest before the dawn.
But when you see the rising sun, it’s time to walk toward the light. It may be scary to take that first step, but you’ll be walking down a path that all other dreamers have walked down before. And it could become the greatest adventure of your life.
So, are you ready for it?
Peace
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