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There Is No Way You Can Do That; Foolish Dreamer!


The words in the above title of this blog, along with, "Your heretical ideas that the Sun is not the center of the Universe will send you to prison" or "Monkeys? You are telling me we are related to monkeys? You are insane!" were all expressed in condemnation of ideas from great dreamers.  Throughout the history of humankind, it is the dreamers who have moved us forward, in fact they have helped keep us around and alive.

This Space Tweep Society is the product of a dreamer.  Most, if not all, of its members are dreamers and in their dreaming they put forth ideas that ignite dreams in the rest of us. What a great, invigorating and challenging social environment. When one becomes a Space Tweep, their mind never rests.  There is always a challenging idea around the corner to be considered, debated and expanded.  The real excitement; however, comes from the sharing of that interaction between all of us.

I was born dreaming, still dream, and will pass on dreaming.  The opportunity to share some of those dreams here and to experience my fellow Space Tweeps reactions, comments and LAUGHTER are priceless.

Bored, tired, depressed, about to give up?  Dream. Pile on all your hopes, your ideas (even the wacky ones) and your fears and let your spirit and you mind take you to a whole new world of ideas and possibilities.  When you are finished, jump onto Twitter and hail the first Space Tweep you find and share, share, share.  The result will always be astounding and exciting.

DREAM ON!     

negativereturn's picture
Waddell,

Thank you so much!

With love and respect,

Todd C

So true!  Great blog post @XiNeutrino!  I want to thank @flyingjenny for organizing this site, @foundonmars for creating this site, and @MDBenson for hosting this site.   
XiNeutrino's picture
Thank you and I second your thanks to @flyingjenny, @foundonmars, and @MDBenson.
miswiggie's picture
Great post. I'm afraid dreaming is something we have forgotten to do lately!
XiNeutrino's picture
Thank you for your kind remarks.  As for dreaming, it has been encouraged and nurtured at home, in school, at work. You are right, sometimes it never gets the support it needs.
rockteacherjan's picture
Great blog as always, Waddell. You reveal more of your heart to us with every essay. Thank you. :)
XiNeutrino's picture
Thank you, you are most kind with your remarks. Keep on dreaming ;-)
cmilesbaker's picture
"The only way of finding the limits of the possible, is by going beyond them into the impossible." --Arthur C. Clarke, quoted by John Grunsfeld just as he completed the clean up of the last mission to Hubble.
XiNeutrino's picture
Thank you for your comment.  I like the Arthur C. Clarke quote, and especially since John Grunsfeld used it in the last Hubble servicing mission.

I am sure you realize what a dream Hubble is. It along with the shuttle and the ISS are just previews of the dreams I believe we all will realize in the future.

Thanks again, and please, dream on! :-)