Halloween is a great time for us adults to remember how to dream big. Who, you might ask teaches us to dream big? Our children of course.
Last week my wife and I took our 3 year old son to the book store for a special Halloween story time read by a local Librarian.
This is our first Halloween with a child old enough to really get into the spirit. He picked out his own “Dragonsaurus” costume (don’t ask, it’s some cross breed between a dragon and dinosaur), helped me carve a pumpkin and can’t wait to “twick or tweet.”
The room was full of kids buzzing from the anticipation of the Librarian reading the first book.
Directly in front of me was Spiderman admiring his webbed outfit. Behind him was Superman talking with a princess. Adjacent to them was Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz, and pulling on her hair was a Transformer.
The reading by good ‘ol Librarian was boring at best. Even the kids were off in dream land after the third page. Poor guy was up against an audience with bigger things on their minds.
The highlight for me was watching Superman and Spiderman compare their super powers. Sure Spidey had the webs coming out of his wrist but Superman had the cape. The cape! These two kids were talking as if they were the real super hero.
Watching this made me think. At what point do we as adults stop believing we can be a super hero? Who or what, in our life formed our paradigm to believe we cannot dream big and save the world?
Think about it. What’s the alternative? Dream small? Sure nobody in my life ever told me to dream small but I’ve heard or been told all my life “be realistic.” You can’t be a super hero, there is no such thing.
Says who?
Our children believe they can be whoever they want until us adults tell them they need to “get real.”
Our modern day superhero’s, those who dare to dream big, are cape-less but are influencing the world in similar ways. Our children are a reminder that we need to continue to dream big.
It takes the same amount of energy to dream big as it does to dream small, so put on your tights and cape or dress and magic wand and see yourself as someone who can do some really, really big things to help save the world.
I am a superhero and I am saving the world from financial mediocrity. I am impacting the world by helping others gain maximum production from their “seen” resources such as money and business, and their “unseen” resources such as their own human potential.
I help others increase their understanding of their very own “super powers.”
What about you?
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