Take your own advice

Earlier this week I was talking to my kids about what they wanted to do when they grow up.  They had a lot of ideas but one thing bothered me. They would get excited about an idea but then shut it down. Say something  like but we couldn't do that or so and so said that's not a good idea. So I shut that down real quick.  I told them not to ever let anyone tell them what they couldn't do.  That if they want to travel and see the world to do it. If they want to go to one of the best colleges to do it. If they want to live in Paris do it. If they want to find a cure for a disease or play in the NBA to do it.  I told them to allow themselves to dream and then be brave enough to go after it.  I titled this rambling taking your own advice because all to often as grown adults we let what others say define us, to box us in and shut us down. We don't dare to dream and be definitely don't take that leap of faith and go after it.  Maybe it's time to change that.