When Dreams Die,..

"In regione caecorum rex est luscus.""

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (28 October^[1] 1466 – 12 July 1536), known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a DutchRenaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.

Whatever happened to your dreams and ambitions? As I talk to people from all over, I am often surprised by how tempered their dreams are. A fear of failure maybe? I am a believer in the human potential and time and time again, I have seen that the biggest limiting factor to our own personal growth and fulfilment is ourselves. Maybe it's because at some point in time, we end up wrapping ourselves and getting caught up in an environment of the mediocre? Hence the quote above - In a distant land, a long long time ago, where magnificent mountains soared, where the fields were lush, and the sun shone golden every day - where everyone is blind, a person with one eye was crowned the king.

The environment we surround ourselves in has, what I believe, a large impact on how we see the world and how we see our potential. If you can, choose wisely. And most of all, dare to dream:

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes