Roads Yet Traveled Chris' Journal, October 5, 1998 "What I really want to do is...." It's a sentence we hear ever so often from people we meet on the road. Sometimes it's said with a glance over the shoulder, or a down turned head, or a nervous giggle, or in a hushed voice. Or perhaps it's prefaced with "you may think it's silly" or followed by "but I can't really make a living at it." It is the passions people have yet to follow. It's the unanswered dreams, the roads yet traveled. Many of us have them. They may be buried since childhood, smothered by the weight of practicality. But they are there, lying dormant, just waiting to be expressed. One wants to be an actor. Another a TV personality. She wants to be an ice skater, he wants to be a tour promoter. An artist, a writer, a foreign correspondent, a musician, a tour guide in the Cayman Islands. Lives not lived for one reason or another. Dreams unfulfilled. Each time I hear them spoken I feel like I have been handed a ticket to that person's inner circle. Allowed a moment into what really makes them tick. I hear the ambition in their voices, I see the spark in their eyes. This is who they truly are. Some are moving slowly in that direction. Building up the nest egg or getting the proper experience. Others still wait for the right moment or inspiration to take control. Some give up the dream altogether. What is it that holds us back? What keeps us dreaming the dream and not acting upon it? Is it something we were told growing up, a comment about responsibility or security or practicality? A fear of failure or a fear of success? There must be a key to unlock the hidden passions, to send us on our way down the path we should be treading. One hundred days into our journey and our search continues... © Chris Moeller, 1998 BACK TO TOP The Quest | Insights & Inspirations | Our Journey | Community | Home Have questions or comments? Please email us at pathfinder@quest-4.com