The
itty bitty mind is
afraid to leave its place
The
itty bitty mind is
afraid of the open space.
The
itty bitty mind never
a road to pave
The
itty bitty mind lives
on the mountaintop in a cave
Pensacola Helene
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| On my way to the Valley |
Itty
Bitty and his friends Chance and Opportunity lived in the Valley of No Dreams. They
had decided to leave, but didn't know where to go yet. One day while walking
along the road, outside the city, they were talking about the valley situation
and wondering was there something different somewhere else in the world. Suddenly
they came upon an old sage who gave them a toothless smile and gestured for
them to come near. They all walked towards him, but Itty Bitty stayed back a
little ways. "I heard your conversation" the old sage said, "I
know how you can do something different with your lives."
"How?" Chance asked, always the one
looking for different possibilities."
"You
must journey toward the mountaintop." The three young men looked at each
other, then back at the old sage.
"Are
you talking about going to Mount DCT (short for Dreams Come True)?" The
old sage nodded.
"That's
really risky!! There is no guarantee you'll make it." Itty Bitty yelled
from the distance.
The
sage turned from Itty Bitty and asked his friends. "Would you want to miss
your chance or opportunity to be a writer and a movie producer?"
"Why
should we believe you anyways? Who are you and why aren't you on Mount
DCT?" Opportunity said as he broke into the conversation.
"I
am the voice of your dreams. Some people call me Father Destiny. I'm on Mount
DCT right now, even as we speak. Come pay me a visit. Do it quickly, this is
your time. Remember, when you don't take chances and opportunities when they
come along, it could alter your future forever." The old sage smiled one
last time and disappeared.
The
three boys jumped up and down as they realized their dreams could become a
reality. Quickly, they make a decision to go to Mount DCT. Along the way Itty
Bitty stopped and told them he couldn't go. He had decided to go to the Valley
of Dreams instead. He tried desperately to get his two friends to go with him,
but they would not listen. Chance said to his childhood friend, "Sorry
Itty Bitty, but I'm going with Opportunity." And Opportunity said, "Yea, man. Sorry,
but I'm going with Chance." The three lifelong friends parted ways.
Itty
Bitty got all kinds of reports and good news from his friends. He really
thought it was going to be different in the Valley of Dreams than in the Valley
of No Dreams, but it wasn't. It was almost the same. People with dreams and
people without dreams end up in the same condition. The majority of people with
dreams never take the chance or opportunity to do anything different. His
friends invited him to Mount DCT many times and he saw the old sage a few more
times as well, but he felt himself becoming more and more complacent.
Eventually,
the Valley of Dreams became just as crowed as the Valley of No Dreams and Itty
Bitty finally went to Mount DCT. But something had changed. Itty Bitty realized
his thoughts had gotten small from living
with his own itty bitty mind and in small places. He had become like
the company he'd kept. Somewhere along the way his dreams had become no dreams. Itty Bitty bought a Cave on Mount DCT and that's where
he lives to this day.
A
dream is just a dream until you make it come true. You have to do something or
like Itty Bitty your dream might as well be no dream. Dreams come alive in the
doing and they are the wonderful dynamics of life no matter the level of
success that is achieved. Too many people are living sad, mundane lives because
they left their dreams in the valley. An itty bitty mind can keep you in itty
bitty places. Go to the Mountain and do it today!!!
Helen, I love your idea of a dream. I do agree with you that dreams come true in doing. If nothing is done to achieve one's dream, one is definitely going to live sad.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, thanks so much for that. I hope your voice would reach a million people in time.