Dreamers

            When Thomas Edison was in elementary school, his teachers called him ‘addled’ simply  because his mind always wondered. He only had his mother to keep him strong. Of course he wondered his way to 1093 inventions and a name that will last to eternity.  The Wright brothers, were forced to drop out of school for one reason or another, but hey that didn’t stop them from making a flying machine. When Michael Faraday was Humphry Davy’s valet, Davy’s wife treated him in the meanest possible way.  Michael almost gave up on science in general. I’m pretty sure this woman took her words back when Michael became the president of the Royal Society of England and a household name. Our very own William Kamkwamba was considered crazy by his kinsmen.  It all turned around when they saw electricity, wind mills and the fame.

            So I guess, from here you know where I am getting at; Persistence. It’s a virtue that all dreamers have in common. What’s funny because almost every day we wake up to people who tell us we won’t make it;  People who call us crazy for doing something out of the odds, People who have prejudices against us out of race, gender and physical appearance. Their voice becomes so strong that we actually believe it.  If all these great people listened to this noise, we would still be living like the 18^th century or worse. And yes it becomes noise once you keep hearing it every now and then.

            People talk, and mostly they talk about things they don’t know about. They knew Edison’s mind wandered but they didn’t know that it was bursting with ideas that will change the world. They didn’t know Galileo was right until after they sacked him.So here is a practical suggestion, prove them wrong. Ignore this noise until it becomes applause. In short fake it till you make it. It is how dreamers roll.