Are you dreaming the impossible?

If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

I still remember the astonished face of my interlocutor that time when I was asked this question and I answered: ‘Flying!’ It was during a networking event where we were encouraged to disclose our deepest dreams. My interlocutor replied that being able to cook an insanely yummy breakfast would be ‘more than enough’ for him, considering my dream ‘too much’.

Well, this was the first time I felt part of the Jonathan Livingston Seagulls, who sense that there is more for/to them than they are given to believe and so want to fly higher and faster, not simply to get food like the other gulls, but also to overcome their limitations and be at their best. For the sake of their personal story and their group story. Because when one member of a group dares to reach the unreachable, this opens up possibilities for the entire group.

Where in your life do you have an ambition that is considered ‘too much’ or ‘impossible’ by the people around you?
Where do you feel like a Jonathan Livingston Seagull yourself?

(Photo by Lukasz Glewicz on Unsplash)