The power of imagination
today i shall lecture about the power of imagination. actually no, im just kidding, i will be just sharing some stuff i gotten out of a presentation by Dr William Tan from NUS. im in awe of this person and i will tell you why.
he waited 21 years to overcome his physical disability to become a doctor, finally. at the age of 19, he was rejected from medicine school and never gave up. to all those who claim that a career switch is impossible after you have settled down, i guess there are always exceptions. and this exception is even more worthy of note since he is disabled. i guess many things boil down to how much you want it.
Dr William discussed about the power of imagination. his whole life, he imagined big. i cannot agree more that by dreaming big and WORKING towards it, the dream is never impossible. i want to run along with him. i want to achieve what i have in mind.
watching his video clip of a guy on wheelchair struggling to roll himself over the finishing line in north pole when simple running would have gotten most people over the line at ease because of the wheels of the wheelchair sinking into the caked snow, i felt tremendously ashamed. that is the power of determination. no matter how tired one may be, by imagining and working towards it, there's no impossible.
somehow, this talk has woken me up quite abit i must admit. i want to embody this spirit to take me to places i have not explored. from just a nobody from a neighbourhood school, perhaps i can touch lives and achieve what i want in life. of cos, it may not be as large scale as this great, but i will be great in my way of life.
i hope that sharing this small event in my life will help you realise, wake up and change yours too. all it takes is to dream and try.
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God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.
- Mother Theresa
"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty."
- Mother Theresa
"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty."
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1 comment:
i think tt was really cool. But then, its all too easy to just settle for mediocrity... choosing inaction between doing a little and not doing, choosing to do the bare minimum over giving one's 100%. Its way too easy.
On the flipside, I'm not sure if everyone's given that "innate" ability to do everything. I mean, I suppose not everyone can fulfill a heavy responsibility like leading your people at the age of 4 (and thereafter in exile) for 60-odd years (I'm referring to the Dalai Lama). I'm not sure if everyone can wait for 21 years to fulfill his lifetime career dream despite his physical disabilities. Perhaps, just perhaps, the pieces really did fall into place for the fortunate few, much neater than it really does for others.
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