what if...

well... tonight i went to this network marketing thing ( i know, i know...)... and while i found myself fairly turned off by the whole corporate mantra thing.... there was something else that struck me about this group.... just the sheer enthusiasm they all shared for this thing!!!! all rallied around one product, one culture, one unifying idea!!!! quick!!! we must spread the word of this magnificent product! put its decals and stickers all over our automobiles & invite all of our unsuspecting friends over to sample this amazing new.... (insert schtick here)!!!!
but it sorta' got me thinking. why is it so easy, so tempting to jump on the bandwagon of somebody else's "great idea" and yet so very hard to garner that same type of excitement for our very own? these people have invested time, money, relationships, what have you- into the promises staked on somebody else's dream - and co-opted it as their own. and it's given them hope! and some promise of a bright new... well.. who knows....

and here i am... and so many people i know.. bright.. gifted... passionate... and yet so often, so overwhelmed by the enormity of life.. or by the sheer variance of their own gifts & abilities, & the obstacles, perceived or no, that seemingly abound.. that they find themselves rooted to the spot.. unable to move left or right.. forward or back in the direction of their dreams.. but what would happen if we took this model - this infectious, almost cult-like enthusiasm for our own dreams.. our own ideas and secretly-held longings - and aired them to the world - pursued them with the same ruthless, joyous tenacity? what then? what would happen, indeed, to me, to any of us.. if we took one tenth of the energy we expend on all the other things in our lives - and devoted it to the quietly-held dreams that blooms within us? hmmm... what, i wonder.... what, indeed, would that look like????