THE POWER TO PERSIST COMES FROM OUR VISIONS
Pic.: Reginald Pinto T he story of Christopher Columbus has, always, fascinated me. Often, I have wondered as to what gave him that power to sail on and on, while his co-sailors agitated and couped to jettison him into the sea! I understood the secret much later when I ventured into discovering my own distant lands. Possessing such a vision means sailing a rough sea, with rough people… Like Christopher Columbus, like Moses of ancient Egypt. Your vision is your vision. At times, it is too painful to carry your people along, to keep holding on, when everyone around you screams: ‘Impossible’. Today, I know, that the power to persist stems from our long-ranged dreams, our visions; and our visions are born from our strong, inner desires to make our lives purposeful. GERALD D’CUNHA P.S.: I n 1990, THE DAWN CLUB had published a small book by the title – ‘Th...