Big Ideas



This morning I took a bike ride down to Floral City for a change up. The weather was perfect, which brought all the other bikers out, too. We will really miss the trail when we go back up north.

The Rails to Trails was some one's brain child when the rail roads stopped running.  Who would have believe at one time that the railroad beds would eventually be reborn as trails for people to use for walking, biking, running, in line skating or what ever recreational use enters a person's mind to do?

That is what it takes to get anywhere with anything, someone with a big idea.  Of course, I'm sure that that person ran into a lot of naysayers when the idea was first presented. That usually is the first response people have to big ideas.  Oh, that could never work, because of this factor or that reasoning.

But if the person persists enough, eventually eyes are opened to the possibilities and naysayers become yeasayers instead. 

Granted, not all big ideas pan out as planned.  They may even end up in the ditch, due to either lack of commitment or vision.  Big ideas don't become reality by themselves, by any means.  In fact the big idea has to have an equally big commitment to the cause.

I always have big ideas that probably  put some people on guard when they see me coming wondering, "What is she dreaming up now?" Maybe some of them are a bit over the top and I do need someone to whittle them down to a more doable size at times.  Yet, with the energy and vision behind the idea anything should be able to become a reality, I would hope.  Especially if it matches the needs and wants of others in the picture, important aspect to remember, granted.

So I go forth with my big idea for the Big Burger Bash Festival.  I know it can succeed if we do our homework and legwork. Just as the hard work towards the Recycle Lewistown Project is developing.  And then, if they don't work out as planned, then I dust myself off, reevaluate the plan and try another big idea.