And your two cents is worth much, Rand. Eloquent as ever! I like that – no comfort zone to step out of… what a concept! Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Elephant! You’ve got me re-thinking that quote now… since clearly I read it differently ~ which, as I understood it, is that the reason most people don’t succeed in fulfilling their dreams is an inner “fear of failure” – they “believe” they’ll fall flat on their faces – and that they may even make attempts, but never achieve the dream as much as they achieve failure, because that’s where their trouble lies, that fear being the root cause of the lack. Which, as I said in my long post, I don’t believe is the “only” reason people don’t fulfill their dreams. Some people haven’t got that all-so-tossed-about “fear of failure” syndrome, yet somehow still fall short of their mark… for any number of reasons, just not necessarily THAT one. Of course if you’re afraid to even make an attempt, no matter how feeble, you’re pretty much doomed!

And I loved your words on magic – so true! : )

I read the first to mean that while many things can cause a dream not to come true the “only one thing” that guarantees failure is the fear of attempting to achieve the dream. If you do nothing at all to make the dream come true, it likely won’t. I agree with you completely that just dreaming and driving forward is no guarantee you will achieve your dream – that is sort of obsessive magical thinking. I don’t know why people parrot this idea that if you just stick with it long enough your dream will come true – it seems like bad advice and leaves the dreamer waiting, always waiting.

The second regarding magic, well what is magic? Magic happens everywhere – that’s part of what makes it magic!

Elephant