[blockquote source=”Dr. Wayne Dyer”]”There is a voice in the Universe urging us to remember your purpose for being on this great Earth. This is the voice of inspiration, which is within each and every one of us.” [/blockquote]

My darlings, who would you be if you could be anything?

I remember the very first time someone asked me that question. It was kindergarten 1974—well before I had learned of self-imposed limitations. And, by the tone in Ms. Dingledine’s voice, I knew this was perhaps the ‘most important question in the world.’

“Who would you be if you could be anything?” My goodness, she was beautiful, and with such hope-filled eyes.

“I want to write stories,” I answered sheepishly, knowing full well that I hadn’t even learned my alphabet.

“Well, then—I can’t wait to read your stories,” she smiled—never once pausing to question how.

We have such a habit of talking ourselves out of our dreams—falling into that trap of, “there’s nothing to be done.”

Or, worse yet, that we are not ‘the one.’

But, could you just imagine if the opposite were true? That no dreams would be left unexplored, nor wishes unfulfilled.

Every child has dreams, my dears. Even at the youngest age we are prompted by our school teachers to answer that first, and very big, life question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

And when Dergin Tokmak answered, “I want to be a dancer,” well, let’s just say, that it wasn’t met with the same level of enthusiasm.

You see, Dergin wasn’t like all the other children. At just one year old, Dergin contracted polio—leaving him partially paralyzed from the waist down.

So, when this young boy chattered on excitedly about his dreams? There were those who were only too quick to remind him of his ‘limitations.’

And yet, today?

Dergin is a featured dancer with the critically acclaimed Cirque Du Soleil show “Varakai”—proof positive, that when we follow our hearts, anything is possible.

[blockquote]”I want to pass on to the next generation … so people can see that no handicap is too big or too limiting to dance. My message as an artist is to show the world that there is a creative soul in everyone with or without a handicap.”[/blockquote]

This is a story about a young man who challenged–and subsequently defied–all others expectations, to pursue his ‘one big dream’ of becoming a dancer.

My darlings, when we believe—anything is possible.