Thinking big

You can’t just send a toy up into space...or can you? Most of us keep pretty busy with the usual stuff of life: work, family, kids, pets, household “stuff,” etc. We don’t wonder about things like that. A lot of us spend our time wondering if Wal-Mart or HEB will have a parking spot, if the latest movie will be decent, if our kid’s nose will quit running.

 

When do we stop asking questions that make us pause and wonder about possibilities? When cleaning out our shed some time ago, my husband rediscovered one of my old treasured possessions, an autographed print by the late astronaut James Irwin. The print shows Irwin standing on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission. He wrote me a simple message: “Dream big!” I remember meeting him more than 20 years ago when I was a young undergrad and listening to his stories of preparing to do what few on earth have done, go to the moon. 

 

The print traveled with me to Texas and somehow during life’s twists and turns, it was buried in a file folder and put in storage. However, I always knew it was there, somewhere. Now that I have a home office, the print is going to be framed and hung on the wall, right where it should be. I always thought dreaming big was a great idea, but somehow circumstances can make our day-to-day lives seem very small.