“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
Earl Nightingale
The first thing that I thought of when I read this quote was the great Steve Miller Band song “Fly Like an Eagle” Not sure it had a direct correlation of meaning but the opening lyric really says it all for me, “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’, into the future.” That’s what time does right? Next year becomes next month, becomes tomorrow, becomes today, and then it is just a memory. Unless we DO more. Unless we make the time today count. Then it has the chance to not just be our memory anymore but might even become THE MEMORY for someone else. What on earth am I talking about? Listen further into the song.
“I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I’m free
Oh, Lord, through the revolution”
Eagles inspire. People see them flying and they are so majestic and grand. I think that people who work hard to achieve their dreams do the same thing. They inspire, they motivate, they plant within others the spark they might need to follow their own dream(s). So think of this. What if you by NOT chasing your dream you aren’t only stealing from only yourself? What if you are also impacting someone else’s ability to make their dreams come true because they won’t have you their “fly like an eagle” and show them the way? The time is going to pass, what are you going to do with it both for you AND for others?
What if you impact others the most by chasing your dreams in a way that inspires them?
“Feed the babies
Who don’t have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin’ in the street
Oh, oh, there’s a solution”
