Ideas

You're having one right now.  It may not be a good one, it may not even be a realistic one.  But you have one.  In fact, you've probably had at least five ideas today.  And tomorrow you'll have seven more.  But by tomorrow you'll have forgotten the ones you had today.  You'll say they were silly, or impossible, or pointless.  Maybe you told them to somebody who thought they were frivolous.  Perhaps you didn't have enough confidence in them to even take a moment to seriously consider your ideas, letting them slip silently from your semi-concious mind into the trash, unnoticed.  Chances are, right now you can't even recall more than two of the ideas you've had all week.  Which is a shame, because at least two of those ideas were downright brilliant.

Who are you to judge your ideas before they come out into the world?  Who are you to stunt their growth like feeding coffee to a newborn child, dashing its dreams before it even realizes the potential it lost.  Who is anyone else to shut down the ideas that fuel your passion for life?   That's right.  No one should have that power.  Ideas deserve to live a life of their own, unencumbered by human cowardice.

Ideas are the driving force behind our lives.  They are the motor behind all genius, and the source of all potential.  They are the sparks in life that make living great.  Ideas provide the starting ground for movements, destruction, creation, and change.  Ideas are life.  They are what makes being human so unique and wonderful.    

So please, take a moment to remember your ideas.  Give them life, give them a chance.  Allow yourself to really consider your own ideas.  Take the time to ask someone else about theirs, and really listen.  Remember that everything big in the world that really made a difference started out as someone's meager idea. Never doubt the potential of your ideas.  Nothing is as easily dismissed.  But there is also nothing as powerful.

Ideas change the world.

What is yours?

For more on ideas, watch Influencers and read The Tipping Point.