an intuition that the event goes beyond the mundane, that lives, and futures may be significantly different because of what is about to happen.
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, That s an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?
There are times when we feel a sensation, a tingle that something exceptional
is about to happen. We may have
an intuition that the event goes beyond the mundane, that lives, and futures may be significantly different because of what is about to happen.
Great things don't just happen. They re built, developed, step by step; sometimes two forward and one backwards. Sometimes the steps seem small; so small, one may not perceive that he's actually climbing Other times the step may seem very high, too steep to traverse. It may seem impossible; then we climb.
Each type of step has its own challenges of perception and attitude and understanding. With the small steps, the challenge may be to perceive the significance of its accomplishment. It may appear to be a trivial success, but in fact without attaining that success we could not move on to the next, more strenuous challenge. Also, one must be aware of the inherent significance of even very small accomplishments.
Larger steps bring with them awareness of their potential impact. The challenge of a large step is to allow one's vision, confidence, hopes and prayers to overcome his fear, his desire to have guaranteed results before investing. Fear and uncertainty can lead to paralysis, and a stifling of long-sought achievements.
On the other hand, confidence together with a dose of caution can lead one from one great achievement to the next. The ability to envision goals, create the means, and to confidently decide to pursue them is the single greatest human catalyst for accomplishment.
Of course, it helps to have HaShem's endorsement for the project. This can only happen if we ask for it, and demonstrate through action that we truly want it. When Thomas Edison was inventing the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He answered, I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000 step process.
Let us move boldly ahead, cautious enough to plan and to pray, confident in our vision and goals. And soon, bezrat HaShem, we will come together in our new home, and thank HaShem for empowering us with the courage to act.