‘Ideas are a dime a dozen’ he said…
Then he stole one, not mine but someone else’s and made a fortune
He used the one with the dream for what he could get out of him and then left him
So ideas may be a dime a dozen – BUT – You’ve got to have them in the first place
Not be so unimaginative that all you can do is steal from someone else
He didn’t have to steal, he had the nouse to work with the inventor, the dreamer
Pool their talents but that didn’t suit his greed, his need for control and to be the big guy
Why do I share this?
Because for those of us with good ideas there is a place for them – Not with the greedy
BUT
Rather to be shared with those of different gifts — Prepared to work for the good of the whole
Prepared to pool the talents for everyone’s gain
I lost a lot the day he threw that line at me – Oh – he wasn’t the only one
Someone far closer once said – At last I don’ have to put up with anymore of your silly ideas!
Right there the kick in the teeth, the rawness of being told I just wasn’t good enough
By someone with less imagination than me — Someone who couldn’t see what I could
Oh the dream stealers – So wrapped up in themselves that they couldn’t stand the good in me
That somehow I might actually be better than them – Even though I wasn’t trying to be
The dream stealers who would put me down rather than see me succeed
The dream stealers who would deride my ideas – or – Steal them – Make them their own
Have you experienced this
I would say be the dreamer – The searcher – The seeker
The one with a vision and a purpose that you need to fulfil
The one who won’t be put down but rather would stand up and live the dream
Maybe you lost it for a while, maybe you haven’t found it yet
Perhaps you’ve been put down once too often – I know as you can see, I’ve been there
Beaten down by the unrighteous, the lacking in integrity, unscrupulous, greed at my expense
BUT no longer
It is time to rise – regain that self esteem, forge ahead with the vision, the purpose, the dream
Forgetting the hurts of the past or using them to fuel the future
Don’t let the dream stealers win they don’t deserve it – YOU DO!
