Jessica Watson, the Queenslander, reached home soil yesterday, to a loud cheery welcome after a 210-day round the world trip. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was there, along with NSW Premier Kristina Kenneally, to welcome her back, besides her proud parents & 3 siblings. Read about it here.
Rudd called her Australia's newest hero - something she quickly cast aside - "
"I'm an ordinary girl who believed in a dream...,'' she said. "You just have to have a dream, believe in it and work hard.''.
It takes a tremendous amount of courage to follow your dream. It takes even more courage for the parents of a 16-year-old girl who wants not to go round the block, but round the world, alone, on water, in a sailboat, without any power, to let her go. I'm impressed, & dare I say, inspired by Julie & Roger Watson.
Why do we, (myself included) - be the obstacles for our children in following their dreams? We may have failed to follow our dreams - call it circumstance or destiny or fear - or whatever. & then, when our children want to follow their, we try to "protect" them from failure.
Food for thought?
