Dreams

So while I am not working today, in honor of Martin Luther King Junior, I do have an early morning meeting about sea turtles for Plant A Fish with my friend and neighbor Fabien Cousteau and his lovely girlfriend Susan. The picture above is from El Salvador where over a million baby sea turtles were released. The joy of new life, in all creatures great and small...

Over the weekend, I met for a quick coffee with Fabien and Susan and we were talking about the importance of setting goals and having dreams that are far bigger than you are. While the facts around 'pretty soon no fish left in the ocean' are daunting and overwhelming, but if you don't dream that things can be changed, how will they be? Where is there room for others to help? Where is there room for grace?

Not so long ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream about equality, which likely seemed impossible at the time. Our President Barack Obama gave a recent speech around the tragedy in Arizona that spoke to the part we all play in humanity and striving for big dreams:

"We recognize our own mortality, and we are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this earth, what matters is not wealth or status or power or fame, but rather how well we have loved, and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better."

I think that includes baby sea turtles too.

Happy MLK Day everyone. Dream big!