A few minutes ago I watched a young woman by the name of
Cassadee Pope, from Florida, win the NBC television talent competition known as
"The Voice." I've seen just about every one of the shows since the
earliest competitions. Not only was the show well produced and very
entertaining, especially if you enjoy all kinds of music, but I found it to be
very inspirational. And, by the way, the first and second runner-ups were every
bit as talented and winners in their own right.
Every single person who auditioned for the show had a dream.
That word "dream" may have been one of the most, if not THE most,
used word on the show. I relate to that. You can't live free and love
everything you do if you don't have a dream. Most people have dreams, many of
those dreams seem to diminish in size as they grow through childhood,
adolescence into adulthood and mature.
It's similar to the movie "Pleasantville," where a
couple teenagers "magically" end up in TV sitcom about a town named
Pleasantville back in the days when television was black and white. Everything
is drab and mundane. The two teenagers begin to shake things up and the TV town
of Pleasantville starts changing and ultimately becomes vibrant, full living color
and everyone in the town is transformed.
That's what dreams need to be - vibrant full-color. Your
freedom and my freedom depends on how alive and vibrant our dreams are. Living
Free is a full-color experience. That's what I was witnessing on "The
Voice." The tens of thousands of singing artists who auditioned had BIG
dreams and they were in full living color. Sure, when the final show aired
tonight only one of the people who started chasing their dreams, ultimately,
was named "The Voice." However, all the finalists, semi-finalists and
those before them can still achieve their dreams. It's a big world and it needs
everyone of us and our particular talent, gift, skill, expertise and knowledge.
And, it needs OUR dreams.
I hope you have some big dreams. They don't have to be about
money or material things. They can be about helping people, creating art,
teaching others . . . doing something that you love so much that you are
willing to go after it with a vengeance. Don't sell yourself out. Don't settle
for being "just" a wage slave living a drab, black and white
existence. Keep that dream in the forefront of your consciousness in full
living color. You may not realize it today or tomorrow, but if you don't give
up, you will realize your dreams and you and the world will be better for
it.
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