Or you will be taught how to fly."

                             Barbara J. Winter

Pablo Picasso said, "Everything you can imagine is real."  What a thought!  If you can imagine it, you can make it real.

Do you ever entertain thoughts that are totally removed from your own experiences?  You can imagine a fictional drama one-hundred years in the future because Gene Roddenberry, Arthur C. Clarke and Michael McCollum have paved the way with their imaginative tales of colonial isolation in foreign worlds.  Actual photos of the space station, the walk on the moon, and the outer reaches of the universe, transmitted from the Hubble Space Telescope, have also given us food for thought.

How would you approach writing a computer program that would withstand the stress of space travel?  Assume that this program needs to measure light waves that expose certain alloys on a multiple space-transport system.  Your knowledge and talent for critical thinking is key to the success of the mission.  Baffled?

This must be why so many kids want to be firefighters or sports stars, but never think to become a significant part of the space program.

If you are determined to create significance in your life, train yourself to think outside your circle of reality.  Place yourself in uncomfortable situations.  Expand your perspective.  These are the areas in which you have the potential for growth.  This is what professional personal-development coaches call "stretching."