Big Ahha

Ok so I’m not a big fan of baseball. It’s only logical then that I am really not a big fan of baseball movies. Add commercials to a baseball movie and I am calling my dentist to see if he has an opening because I would rather be spending my time in his chair than on the couch watching this errrr stuff. But when the flu has you down its amazing what you will sit through and not even try to lift the remote.

I watched a baseball movie with commercials on TV last night and I am glad I did. So glad in fact that I started watching it a second time when it was replayed immediately following the first showing. It’s not that I was overly impressed with the movie, its actors, the music or the cinematography. It was the simple underlying message that was the foundation for the story. Follow your dreams.

The movie was The Rookie with Dennis Quaid. It’s the true story of Jim Morris.

I’m not going to tell you about the movie because I am over the flu today and you already know how I feel about baseball movies.

What I do want to talk about though are the Ahha moments we have in life and how you must follow your dreams. Sometimes Ahha moments are fleeting thoughts like a tiny spark that never really had a chance to become a true flame. Other times they are lingering like a candle or a match fighting to stay lit. The point I am trying to make is that our dreams and Ahha moments are constantly under attack by the winds of life. The daily grind, the negativity of others, the pressure of society that resists change and that which is different and even our own minds sometimes fan the winds desperately trying to extinguish the spark of our dreams ignited by an Ahha moment.

It is easy to let the flame die out. After all in order to keep it lit there are often sacrifices that must me made. You may need to subject those you love to hardships. Changes are often necessary to keep the flame alive. Lifestyle changes, physical moves, time apart all may be necessary to keep that spark alive.

But when that spark is tied to your soul you have no choice but to give it every chance to live. Those who love you will understand and those who don’t, don’t matter.

You must protect the flame of your Ahha moments. Nurture the flame. Your passion is its fuel to make it grow.

Protect and nurture the flame.