Before the Gates-- GC Myers
Whenever I speak to a group of people I inevitably find myself fretting afterwards over things I either said or, more likely, did not say. Sometimes I wake up early in the morning with the thought of things I wish I had said pushing aside my dreams. Such was the case from speaking yesterday to a group of college students. I said many things but I’m not sure how much I truly communicated to these kids. I wish I had simply stood up and uttered this short quote from Goethe:
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
That pretty much sums up all I wanted to get across to these students, these budding artists.
Dream big. Think big. Embrace big.
Be big.
What more could I say after that? They probably would get more from a call to arms for an attitude than all the nuts and bolts advice I could ever offer. If they take on the posture of being and dreaming big and truly take it to heart, they will find a way. But they have to have that dream before my words will make any sense at all to them now.
I could go on and on and it would all amount to the same pile of meaningless words as I felt uttered yesterday, so I believe I’ll stand pat with my Goethe quote.
I am available for commencement addresses.
And children’s parties.
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