While in campus, I had a friend who we would sit and chat for hours, not about anything specific. We would start the conversation from one end and digress far and wide to a totally different conclusion than the obvious. Our conversations were full of hypothetical cases, possibilities and 'what if's, we explored different possible outcomes and the clock would turn and turn. My friends would ask, 'what were you two talking about for all those hours?'. I couldn't explain, it wasnt anything specific.
In retrospect, I think that opened up our minds to realise there can be as many outcomes of things and situations in life, anything is just possible.
I enjoy the company of people who dream, people who know that anything is possible, people who think out-of-the-box and people who try to make their dreams come true.
I hang out with older professionals, and quietly listen to their conversations and hear how their minds process information,hear their responses. I enjoy watching their fights when they disagree, their fights are not personal, they are just an expression of different views. Sometimes they are not able to compromise and have to change the topic.
I enjoy hanging out with younger people especially ones from rich families, their view of life is way different from younger people from poorer families. I come from a poorer family in comparison to what I refer to as rich families.
The rich ones can dream of anything, their parents can afford it anyway!
The poorer ones will often say things like; that is impractical, impossible and so on.
But nothing beats a poorer young person with a mind full of possibilities...totally awesome!
Growing up is the hardest process in my view, when we were younger our parents and siblings could make decisions for us, we had no choice but to comply and if anything, we din't know better.
In a world full of possibilities, there are so many choices we have to make, bad choices are easy to take, they dont require much thought. Good choices are very difficult to take because some bad choices present themselves as good choices, trying to sift and end up with the real good choices is a hard task.
Most outcomes are dependent on other outcomes, therefore it helps to have an end in mind, a goal, a dream.
We then need to live each day being good stewards of all that God has blessed us with; wisdom, money, family, friends, jobs,etc and a path gently starts developing, direction starts forming.
Sooner, things that are important become clearer and the critical path aligns itself.
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