I was heading home from work last night and strangely the words of James Allen kept ringing in my head, " the dreamers are the saviours of the world".I couldnt shake the words off.They lingered on till i went to bed.
I woke up in the morning to the melodious chorus of Michael Jackson's Human nature playing like a marathon in my mind.It's been at least two decades since i first heard that song and yet its influence is just as powerful as the memory of a first kiss.My imagination immediately went to work directing a video featuring R&B icons Mario and Alicia Keys, performing a Grammy-styled rendition of Human Nature.I could just picture Alicia Keys magically fingering the piano while singing back up,with Mario's soulful lead, masterfully capturing the nostalgic mood of the song in vocal crescendos and diminuendos.
My my my.....the memory of it is still sooooooooo refreshing.It got me thinking though.
What if my Michael Jackson talked himself out of his dreams.We probably would never have heard Human Nature sung,at least not with such perfection.
What if the eleven year old Quincy Jones decided not to pursue his musical interests? Michael Jackson's Thriller album may never have existed as the Hottest selling album in history.And Quincy Jones would probably have died from his regular diet of fried rats.
What if Christopher Columbus never believed in his vision of a rich and fertile land across the seas? America would not exist today.
What if Mary Slessor decided to be quiet about twin infant killings? I would not be alive to share these words today.
What if Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama refused to commit themselves to a vision of a better future for their nation but instead chose to give in to the present crisis? America would have been caught in a cycle of baseless conflicts,hopelessness and economic despair.
What if Nelson Mandela never believed in the power of a vision? Apartheid probably would still have a strong hold on South Africa.
What if Berry Gordy had chosen the path of least resistant by sticking to a 9 to 5 job? There would have been no Motown Records, no Diana Ross & the Supremes, no Jackson 5, no Marvin Gaye.
What if Winston Churchill broke his commitment to defeating Hitler and his allies? There would have been a genocide on a greater scale than was originally recorded during Hitlers rule.There probably would have been monumental abattoirs littered all over the world flowing with the blood of innocent Jews and Africans.
What if Ted Turner thought that having an office couch for a bed for ten years was too high a price to pay for the success of CNN ? We would not have had CNN today and probably no Aljazeera.
Imagine Thomas Edison giving up on his dream of inventing a light bulb after the nine hundred and ninety ninth trial.Do you have any idea the number of houses that would have been razed to the ground and lives lost through the use of candles and naked flames?
What if Sir Alexander Flemming never pursued his vision of finding an antibiotic? He would never have stumbled on the legendary accident that brought about the discovery of penicillin.
I think by now you know what i am driving at.Its become obvious that dreamers are truly the saviors of the world.Through them God gave us hope, music, TV, radio, ships, houses, medicines, books, leadership, deliverance, the Gospel and many other blessings.
We enjoyed the benefits of their commitment to their dreams.My question is, Will our generation and the generations to come benefit from the realization our dreams? Or do we chose to ignore them and settle for an empty , slavish life of living to pay the bills till the day we die?
I believe dream-killing is a crime against humanity.We deprive the world of the blessings of God when we shelve our dreams.We must commit to our God-given vision and leave a legacy for others to enjoy or else we'll never truly live.
My advice to you is ,Obey your dreams and be the saviour you were meant to be!
- Dan Abia
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