Go On Flying Anyway
“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.”
-Mary Kay Ash
And humans weren’t made to fly either. Have you ever flapped your arms and taken off the ground? Have you ever jumped off a roof and thought you could fly. The Wright brothers were told again and again that man wasn’t able to fly.
There were others at the time of the Wright brothers that were trying many different methods and all had failed. Did that stop the Wright brothers? Did they just stop doing what they were doing and give up? I’m quite sure that they had plenty of reason to stop and give up. I’m absolutely sure that they contemplated quitting a time or two. But they didn’t know better and so kept on going.
Maybe that’s the key – not knowing better. From a young age we are all put on a track because we are told that is the best track to be on.
We are made to feel from a young age that many of the things that happen in life can be filed under the category of, “that’s life”. We go through these things, like hard times, weak moments, sad days, and arguments and such because, “that’s life”.
So maybe the Wright brothers just didn’t know better. They kept on trying because they weren’t told that you shouldn’t keep trying because you’ll fail and you won’t have the success you want.
Which brings me to another thought – how many times did Thomas Edison keep trying?
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work.”
-Thomas Alva Edison
10,000 failures? Wow, that is almost too much to keep going. What happened? If taken in a nutshell and if created in a vacuum I bet at attempt 99 he wanted to just give up and throw in the towel. But that is not how it works. You keep doing because of why?
- Vision
He had the end vision in mind. He clearly knew that he wanted to create a light bulb. The light bulb was his creation. It was the end destination, and he wasn’t about to stop, or give up until he arrived.That would be like going on a trip to a far country and being content with only getting half way there. “Oh, I went on vacation to the Bahamas, but only got half way there, the plane kept making a funny noise and wasn’t working, so I decided that I’d stop right there (in the middle of the ocean).” - You can build on failures just as well as you can build on successes
Each time he failed he learned important lessons not to do, or things to do the next time, each time was a lesson to prod him on to the next. It was a journey. Not failure after failure, but lesson after lesson. He learned from each lesson one more detail that was necessary to reach success. - You keep on going till you reach your destination
You don’t quit or give up because the road less traveled is hard - Stay the course and enjoy the ride
So stop listening to reason. Dream big. Go for your dreams. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t – not even you. You don’t know better – so keep going till you arrive at your destination – your creation!
Creators Create don’t you know?
