Today’s guest post if from our friend and Kindred Spirit Hugh Weber. I love this powerful and simple message. Today feels like a great day to do a little dreaming. Thanks for sharing with us Hugh!
I’ve found that sometimes the world speaks with a still, small voice in the midst of earthquakes, fires and wind. Other times it speaks through sidewalk chalk and simple questions.
I’m been thinking a lot about “possibility” lately and how little of it there seems to be in business, education, government, parenting, and the world at large. Perhaps it’s the sheer abundance of information in our world, but we’ve stopped dreaming.
We’ve become remarkably efficient, strategic and “connected,” but we’ve lost our ability to imagine "what if" and what else might be possible. Our solutions, communications, and innovations are largely warmed up leftovers and recycled clichés void of passion, purpose, perspective…and ultimately possibility.
It was in this frame of mind that I wandered the streets of Chicago last week. It was in this context that I literally walked into the question that I had been needing to ask myself and everyone around me.
What do you dream about?
I dream about learning to play the standards on an accordion like my grandfather once did.
I dream about standing in the shadows of the Eiffel Tower with my wife on her first visit to Paris.
I dream about the look in my daughter’s eyes when she finds her first real obsession (whether that’s Presidents, princesses or Bieber.)
I also dream about growing a region of creative leaders that commit to solving the challenges of their communities.
I dream about working with a very specific team of creatives who have committed themselves to movements, people, and love.
I dream about guiding an organization focused on people who have nothing and creating something that lasts.
I dream about inspiring a movement that renews a culture of possibility among our communities, colleges, candidates, creative leaders and children.
It’s amazing how much bigger and richer the world gets when you take just five minutes to answer a simple question. Now it’s your turn.
