Of Dreamers and Dreams: The Virtues of Passion, Heart & Hope
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
There is reason, and there are dreams…but what is one without the other? How limited and colorless is a life guided by reason alone?
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Despair is all around us. As I look at the world, there are more than enough reasons to lose hope. There are days when it is easy to dread the morning, considering all that is going on. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful family, to love and be loved, but sometimes that makes things even worse. I fear for those for whom I care. What might happen to them if everything comes crashing down? There is darkness around every corner. What if the light goes out?
My father was a professor, and I followed in his footsteps, teaching for most of my life. I learned early that if I had an opinion, I needed to
