Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires

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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. And Providence too will move!

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“But when I said that nothing had been done, I erred in one important matter. We had definitely committed ourselves and were halfway out of our ruts. We had put down our passage money–booked a sailing to Bombay.

This may sound too simple, but is great in consequence. Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, providence moves too.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: 

          Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. 
          Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!’

W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya Expedition, 1951
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  2. Rhoda, thank you for the beautiful card. I loved seeing those sweet children again!! I am off to the beach for the rest of the week, and will try and do the post there.
    Blessings,
    Anita

  3. Thank you Anita, this is something I have been thinking about recently, that you have to step off the cliff and actually start before your goals, dreams and desires start to become reality 🙂 Also I wanted to let you know that I'm passing on a blog award to you, no strings attached, but if you want to view it, it is over here. And I finished 1000 gifts today, it was a great blessing!