| There is power in daring to be different. | | | | detours and stuff their bursting satchels with jewels. |
| Great advances have never come from the | | | | Fools dare to step into the river beyond the |
| conventionally minded among us. It's always comes | | | | concrete structures of "how it's always been done," |
| from us idiots who believe in love and freedom and | | | | and allow themselves to be carried onto new and |
| goodness and peace. The fools of today are the | | | | holy ground. |
| visionaries of tomorrow. Those crazy fools of the | | | | Prudence and conservatism have not advanced our |
| past gave us electricity, medicine, automobiles, a few | | | | culture. It took the voices on the outskirts to make |
| trips to the moon and back, not to mention hair dye | | | | a noise that changed the world. It's taken a handful |
| and microwave dinners. God bless them all. Can you | | | | of rabble rousers to vote for women's rights, |
| imagine the Wright brothers thinking they could snub | | | | freedom from slavery, and to oppose war, hunger, |
| the laws of gravity and fly? Think about it. Many of | | | | and hatred. It takes fools to raise awareness and |
| us cower and shrink thinking we're idiots for believing | | | | fools to raise the bar. It takes fools to stir the hearts |
| we can write a screenplay that sells. | | | | of mankind into becoming the great lovers and |
| Fools dare to be alive, even on a Monday. Fools dare | | | | leaders we are meant to be. Every time we watch |
| to take off their shoes, turn off the computer and | | | | the Academy Awards or the Olympics, I think of all |
| walk outside into the sun. They know the power, | | | | the "foolish dreamers" involved who believed they |
| healing, and strength of having fun. Fools dare to | | | | had something in them that deserved commitment, |
| take off their thinking cap and try on their feelings | | | | development, and a jostling chance. Every hero |
| fedora. | | | | begins as fool. |
| Fools dare to try new things and do them badly. | | | | So dare the ridicule of the narrow-minded and |
| Fools dare to rest when they are tired. Fools dare to | | | | dim-sighted. Dare to still believe. Dare to feel. Dare to |
| sing off key and they dare to sing on key in a voice | | | | trust your guiding light. Dare to ignore gravity and |
| that melts all separation. Fools dare to wander down | | | | take flight. Dare to be a hero. Dare to be a fool. |
| interesting paths in their lives, take scenic routes and | | | | © 2007 Tama J. Kieves, All rights reserved. |