Start something BIG

Pretty weird, in a wonderful way, to wake up thinking, "Start something BIG!"  Now, it's been over two years that I've been thinking about doing just that, but apparently it's only been skirting around the edges of my desire, not plunging into the center & infusing it with NOW!!!!  

Which got me to thinking about a friend of mine.  She dreamed of going to med school.  Lots of people do.  She applied.  And was short listed.  But didn't get in.  Lots of people don't.  Lots of people would have thought to themselves, "Gave it my best shot.  Just wasn't a dream that's gonna work out" & moved on.  Not Bethany.  She held onto that dream.  If anything, she saw herself with that white coat with the name plaque engraved  "Bethany Kay Zeigler, M.D."  She looked at where she needed to increase her proficiencies & did just that.  She combined savvy focus & determined perseverance.  And this past week, she was admitted into an excellent medical school.  Bethany thought BIG.

Thinking about her got me to thinking about another friend.  She heard about a grant that sends a representative - a writer or a journalist or a filmmaker - from 16 countries to Germany for two weeks.  How many people would think, "What a fantastic opportunity!" & spun all sorts of delightful imagining around it, but never requested let alone filled out the application?  How many might have gone as far as downloading the grant application but stopped short of filling it out or getting the necessary recommendations or got it it all completed - and never sent it off?  Too many.  Not Kimberly.  About the time the trees are turning to blossom, she'll be leaving for r Nuremberg!  Starting - following through on - something BIG seems to be her norm.

I am blessed to be connected, even if in the merest way, with so many people who think BIG.  Many of them are people you'll never hear of, whose names will only be known by family & circle of friends, but who think BIG when it comes to relationships, to developing strong community and/or personal systems, or undertake & follow through projects of all sizes that have a BIG (albeit often quiet) impact.  

I woke up thinking, "Start something BIG!"  Blessings on everyone in my life - throughout my life, close & far, near & dear or merest acquaintance - who are always & forever awesome role models & spiritual mentors.  Am taking your examples, your can-do energies, beautiful dreams - realized & still aborning, constructive impact & inspiration, spinning them into fibers & weaving them into what Mom called a metaphysical shawl to tucked around me as I sally forth to start something BIG!!