Can we do the Impossible?
By Gary J. Bergenske
Is the impossible really impossible?
Go back 20, 50, or a 100 years ago.
It was thought to be impossible…..
To fly to the moon
To make a phone call from your car
To run the mile in under 4 minutes
To send pictures and documents over the phone
To prevent polio and smallpox
To fly faster than sound
For a baby to be born 3 months early and survive
To cure many forms of cancer
To send a Space craft out of the solar system
Today we are doing yesteryears impossibilities,
We are living the fantasies of yesterday’s science
fiction films. We are doing the impossible, we are doing it routinely, daily,
with out a second thought.
What are the impossibilities we face today? Right now it seams impossible to:
Find a cure for AIDS
Because we can not find a cure for the common cold
To Travel fast than light, and visit other stars
To end all wars
To end poverty and homelessness
To walk on air
To live on the moon and on Mars
To make pollution free cars
To live to be 200 years old
To turn Shrine membership around
To fill the Auditorium for a Stated meeting
To have a burned child heal with no scares
These all seam impossible today, but tomorrow, - who knows
The Question is this; who will turn today’s impossibilities into tomorrow’s commonplace realities?
Answer: In life it will be our children, but here at the Shrine it starts with us, the Membership Team.
If we want to do the impossible, and have our
children do the impossible, we have to begin by
practicing and teaching that we all can do anything. We have to free our
imagination and creativity.
We have to realize the wide blue sky has no
limits, no ceilings, no horizons. We can all fly as high as
we want to, and even a ride to the moon is not out of the question.
As we progress through this year working on
Membership, Do the best job you can. Maybe we can
one day be recognized as doing “the impossible.”