Leap of Faith
This article gave me a little motivational pick-me-up when I read it this morning - it’s about how gifted children are often perceived as crazy, because they’re acting outside the norm.
In general, the world wants us to do things the way they’ve always been done - that’s what they know; that’s what’s comfortable. To do anything other than the norm usually involves taking a risk - almost a leap of faith in what you believe is possible - and to someone who doesn’t share that faith, the idea of taking that leap seems utterly insane.
I’ve been suffering from a small crisis in faith these last few days - after all, when people I trust and respect think I’m nuts for believing we can raise an endowment from nothing but an idea, it’s hard to have faith that I’m headed in the right direction. Reading this article made me see it in a different light, though. I’m not saying the idea’s guaranteed to work - but maybe, if I can incite some of my faith in a few other people, I can get them to take the leap with me. And maybe, just maybe, the idea’s not so crazy after all…
Thanks to Derrick for pointing out the article - it made my day…
