Week 4 Blog 2 - Sarah's blog spot

Sarah,
Wow, I love the picture of your son. What a very cute kid! I agree with you that this book was a great book. It taught us lessons we can take with us for years to come. Lessons that can change us and others. I have always been a fan of Martin Luther King’s famous speech of “I have a dream’. I think we all have to be reminded of this dream as we go through our daily lives. Yes, the reality of our futures are HUGE dreams. How exciting for us as we come to an end of achieving one of our dreams of getting a masters degree. Let’s just make sure our dreams never die!

Katie
In response to Sarah’s blog:

The Value of Dreams
Dreams allow us to escape the bonds of reality and create a world of our own. Dreams awaken the possibility of changing the world and creating something beyond the constraints of the past. Without the dream that we could fly we would not have planes, with out the fantasy of magic and all its problem solvers we won't have science. Today's dreams are the reality of our future.
As the book the Art of Possibility states the famous " I have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King does appeal to everyone of us. As dreams represent our inner wishes; they are a manifestation of our true self. The self that dreams of climbing mount everest in spite of the odds against that ever happening. They push us to want and achieve more.
I totally agree with the implication that to be a true leader one must have a dream, a vision/mission statement and objectives. How else can a leader influence and be an agent of change if they don't know where they wish to take us. It is the dreams of a leader and our desperate desire for something better that changes the world that we live in.
I want to an agent of change, source of inspiration for others particularly my son. This book the art of possibility has allowed me to reconnect with my inner five year old that believes that anything is possible.
I truly enjoyed this book and I am very glad that it is part of this Masters program! So I leave you the picture that began my journey to understanding the art of possibility; a picture of my son.....