I was talking to my brother-in-law, Charles Talbot, today about dreams.\u00a0 He was saying that the last couple of years there had been lots of broken dreams.\u00a0 I think many many many people feel the same way. This got me to thinking of a time in my life when I thought one of my dreams had died.<\/p>\n
I had always wanted to travel around Europe. And once I was put on a special task force with several other people at work: our mission was to go to France and set up sites for UPS.\u00a0 Two weeks of hard work and then 4 weeks of support.\u00a0 The support thing was they real sweet spot. We just had to be within a days travel of the 6 or 7 sites we were to setup.\u00a0 That basically means anywhere in France.\u00a0 We were going to have\u00a0 a 4 week all expenses paid vacation in France from the company.\u00a0 I had registered for school,but with this opportunity I dropped out.\u00a0 I think I was so excited that it got annoying to people at work.\u00a0\u00a0 Because when it all fell apart and the trip got canceled, of course after the semester started.\u00a0 I had a bunch of my coworkers laughing at me.\u00a0\u00a0 Sure I was bummed, but I had been exciting\u00a0 to think for a couple of weeks is was going to happen.<\/p>\n
What was amazing is that within two years I had a chance to go to Europe again. I got 4 trips total out of the deal.\u00a0 Spain, Italy, Germany and England.\u00a0 For a total of 5 + weeks.\u00a0 All the trips were amazing.\u00a0 Some work but there was a lot of what you would consider vacationing.\u00a0 I visited, Museums, went to plays, ate exotic food and met some wonderful people. Looking back… these trips were better than the if I had gone to France.<\/p>\n
It’s funny how sometimes our dreams turn out better than we thought.<\/p>\n
Keep dreaming. Keep Working.\u00a0 Try to endure the storm and love life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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