What does this picture say to you?

It says creativity . . . of course.

But it also says that anything is possible. After all, what dog could possibly get a cat into a cage? And who on earth could get a CAT into a costume??!!

Here’s what I want you to do.

If you have a brightly colored index card, use it. If not, use a white index card or any piece of paper.

Any the top of the page, write IMPOSSIBLE in large, black letters.

Cut a “window” out in the center of the card underneath the word.

Take a marker and cross out the “IM.”

This is your window into the world. Everything is possible if you’re willing to work hard and try.

Tape your window on a bulletin board, your window, your computer, your desk, your bookshelf, or wherever you can easily see it.

Everytime you look at it, remember that EVERYTHING is possible if you try. Will it come easily? No. Was it easy to form Google’s or Walt Disney’s empire? Of course not. Walt Disney had his share of problems. I’m sure if we asked Sergey Brin or Larry Page, they would tell us that the road to success had a few bumps along the way. Your road will contains bumps (or boulders or mountains) too. My path in life has contained a few mountain ranges!

Will everything work? No. But you must keep on trying, because everything is possible. That’s the key.

The author who wrote Flags of our Fathers was rejected by 27 book publishers before he sold the book. His dad is one of the guys in the famous picture of the flag on the cover of the book. Now it has been made into a movie directed by Clint Eastwood. James Bradley never gave up. Tom Clancy and John Grisham have similar stories.

They worked hard and they didn’t give up. You shouldn’t either.

Robin