One of the problems with growing up is that you learn what is possible and what is impossible. What’s worse is that we often put things into one column or the other based on other people’s experiences, or one instance of failure on our part, and we are probably wrong. A different direction, or a little more effort, and we could have accomplished something that we ended up giving up on. There also might have been things that we would have tried, that we didn’t because others told us that it was impossible. Until Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile, it was impossible. Now most world class runners do it with ease.
Rewind the Clock
Step back in time a few years when you hadn’t hit double digits for your age and the world was a different place. You probably didn’t know what impossible was yet. Growing up on a farm I had access to a larger version of legos known more commonly as hay bales. I used to build forts which had multiple rooms, and in some cases were more than one story high. When the hay was gone I would build elaborate forts out in the woods. Likewise most kids are able to create something out of nothing and do it effortlessly. It’s only when we get get older that it becomes hard to start that creative process again.
Most youngsters don’t get their creative endeavors featured on CNN, but one young boy named Caine did recently. He loved arcades and decided to build his own out of cardboard boxes in the back of his dad’s auto parts shop. If you have ever had an excuse as to why you didn’t do something, this is proof that it probably was not a good reason.
