Impossible? Possibly not...

At earlier points in time, I have touched upon the fact that most of the time life is a matter of prioritisation, and I found it stated in a rather interesting way recently - the words are supposedly those of Muhammad Ali:

Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion.

Because actually, that's the way things are.
In very few cases we are working with impossibilities - and then we are usually in a mathematical-physical context like perpetual motion, trisecting the angle or squaring the circle.
In the vast majority of situations, when talking about the impossible, instead, it is a question of priority - it may be possible, but it is so complicated or costly that we prioritize not to try to do it.
But still, in most cases, we have a choice - and when something is rejected as impossible, it is simply because it is decided (by more or less conscious decision) that it should not be prioritised.
That something is impossible is thus reduced to anyone's opinion - not a fact.
(Translated from Umuligt? Som oftest ikke..., originally published March 9th, 2016)

On the topic of big dreams

In relation to the death of Muhammad Ali a couple of weeks ago, I ran into a quote which might (or might not) be a Muhammad Ali-quote. I have seen it attributed to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, as well; she said it in a speech to the graduating class from Harvard in 2011. Deep down, however, it is of less importance who originally said that:

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

- I am certain that it is true. Because if our dreams become so small and unambitious that they are mostly there for cosiness, then we have dragged them so far into the comfort zone that we should have been living them long ago, while starting to dream more ambitiously. Otherwise we have just arrived in a situation, where we do not dream. We have simply fallen asleep. (Translated from Noget om store drømme)