paying the price for chasing a dream

it's really hard for anyone not to feel the pain of loss from the death of the Iranian twins... the difficulty and immensity of what they went through is something that few of us will ever experience and can ever truly feel ... the courage, the fear and the determination that they had as they stepped into the operation room, determined to fulfill their dream of leading separate lives..

in comparison, many of us have far less life-threatening dreams (if we have dreams at all, that is..).. perhaps a lot of what we dream of achieving just requires us to get out of a comfort zone.. or require more time, effort, material risk, thinking... in comparison, here were two people who put their lives on the table... really makes you think about how we are leading our own lives

another equally heartrending story this week is the one on the British journalist who risked it all to cover the war story in Iraq and was shot dead in the head... he too paid the highest price ever to chase his dream...

these were people who clearly believed, as Helen Keller said:

"Life Is Either A Daring Adventure Or Nothing"

inspiring..