At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable. Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)
...destination, determination, deliberation...[the 3 D's important to know in learning to apparate**] J.K. Rowling
In re-hearing these 3 D's, it struck me that these 3 D's are important in bringing good into our lives. What is our destination -- what are we aiming for (or dreaming into being)...are we determined enough to move it from the improbable to the inevitable...and then do we add the quality of deliberation of truly thinking it through -- realizing it is not self-will, but that it is expectation and self-openness that speed our progress?
If you have read the sequence where Harry Potter and his friends learn to apparate, you know it doesn't always work as planned on the first try. (I say this about the transporter in Star Trek -- I'll want to make sure the apple gets to the other end in one piece before I try it.) If their train of thought is broken, they don't apparate correctly. Perhaps that is the way it is with dreams. Some dreams are inevitable because we dedicate our thought to them. Some other dreams we let go of, because other dreams are coming into being or a dream simply isn't dream-worthy.
It was a long haul to the adoption of our first Chinese daughter. A lot of doors shut before we found China, and it took so long, it was as if it had shut too. It is tempting to give it up, but if it is truly to come into being then we mustn't quit, we just keep on doing what needs to be done as it needs to be done, never discounting the courage to keep going.
Three people come to mind who never gave up: Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Helen Keller. I'm sure there are others. They faced and mastered obstacles greater than I've ever been called upon to face. And persevered.
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Karin
**Apparition (A-pa-RI-shun)
Apparate, Disapparate
nonverbal spell
from "appareo" L. to appear
Advanced spell used by fully trained witches and wizards to disappear from one place and appear almost instantly somewhere else. A person who uses this spell is referred to as an Apparator.
Originally posted 2007-05-04 12:55:48.
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