DARE TO DREAM

We all do it. Whether you are sitting in your cubicle at work, watching TV, running outside, shopping for clothes, listening to your girlfriend whapping away, and yes of course at night, when our eyes are shut. My Dad claims there are only two certainties in life…
“Death and Taxes…”
Unfortunately he is correct. I’d like to think in this crazy journey we call life, dreams are the only other guarantee we have to escape from reality or prove we all can be “great,” we all can have that one “moment,” that will last a lifetime. That has to be one thrills of being an athlete as they have the opportunity to makes these everlasting memories not only for the fans, but for themselves.
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self discipline, and effort.” – Jesse Owens
One fan, one athlete (so to speak) wasn’t born with the god given ability to perform at the highest level, but in order for his dream to come true, he had to work harder than anyone and want it more than anyone. Its one of the greatest sports movies ever made… You’ve seen this movie over 100 times, memorized lines from all the memorable scenes it and dream one day in your life to be “carried off the field,” not because you were the greatest, but because you truly deserved it. Any guesses yet? Here is a hint that will give it away…
“You're 5 foot nothin', 100 and nothin', and you have barely a speck of athletic ability.” Got it now? Of course you do. Rudy, Rudy, Rudy! Here was a young man, who wasn’t content with just being average. He wasn’t satisfied with the life that lied ahead of him. He wanted to live his dream and test his limits.
“Ever since I was a kid I wanted to go to school here, and ever since I was a kid everyone said it couldn’t be done. My whole life people have been telling me what I could do and couldn’t do. I’ve always listened to them, believed in what they said. I don’t want to do that anymore.”
Rudy looked at his father, his brothers and saw his life was laid out before him. It wasn’t the life that he wanted, and unlike so many of us, afraid of change, afraid to take the big risk, afraid to be different, Rudy wasn’t going to let his dream slip away. If you haven’t seen this movie in awhile, pop it in, sit back and look at more than just a sports film. It’s about a young man, who defied all odds. Despite his lack of athleticism, he suffered from a learning disability as he proved that with hard work, he could accomplish everything he wanted to at the University of Notre Dame. Watch it. Live it. Take it more than for a football movie; look at it as a guide for your own life. If there was anyone who knew a little something about going after what you want, it was Walt Disney.
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”

Don’t let anyone stand in your way.