Convinced that if he just tries as hard as he can
he could
Outrun the competition.
Like an ostrich, looking at his small feathery wings and
Thinking that if he just keeps flapping hard enough, he could
Fly like the heron.
Like the endangered fish who thinks if she just focuses hard enough,
she could
Breathe on land.
Like the girl who thinks that if she dedicates her life to both
Catholicism and Protestantism,
she could
Meld both worlds.
Frankly, the world laughs at this. I laugh!!
These scenarios do not make much sense at all right now. But
In 20 years the five-year-old could race and beat the fastest in the world.
In several generations, the Ostrich could adapt into a bird
capable of short flights.
In a few centuries, the fish could evolve to breathe both in and out of water.
Peace and understanding could come to competing religions.
Is it a question of time?
Is it a question of willingness to stick it out?
To hold to an ideal?
There must be a reason to cling tightly to a dream--
A motivation to support an ideal to the finish line,
And the resolve must be so strong that even if he
doesn't
see
change
in his lifetime,
He will still strive with all his might
Resting in the dream that someone else will carry on
the ideal when he is dead and gone.
I don't want to die thinking,
"If only I had attempted to live my dream."
I don't want to die comfortable and insignificant.
How can I live?
How can I truly live as God has made me?
