that time i actually won

one morning i didn't have to work until later in the afternoon

so i thought i would sleep in.

then i got a call from an unknown number at 6am alaska time.

now usually i do not answer phone calls from unknown numbers,

but something told me to pick it up...

so i did.

on the other end of the phone was a nice woman from the kaplan group,

and she was calling to let me know that my essay had been selected

as the winner in their annual business scholarship.

repeat: i had actually won a scholarship essay contest.

i was so groggy i could hardly comprehend what was being said

but at the same time, i was so excited.

i seriously think i cried after i hung up the phone.

they sent me an email confirming my acceptance of the scholarship,

i received my scholarship monies a few weeks later,

and then they published this article on their blog.

just thought i would leave it here for future posterity.

having sight, but no vision

passion and drive tend to loan people a spark of ingenuity or confidence to do something incredible in a moment of indecision or self-doubt. how many times has love drawn a shy man out of his shell to fumble across a room, only to fumble across his words as he speaks to a woman he finds spectacular? entrepreneurs, engineers, and scientists use drive to create new things, design new parts and change the way the world works. and all because they have a vision of what could be.

having sight but visionless connotates a man who has lost his passion or drive for his work. an entrepreneur who slugs through his day, with no movement forward. an engineer or scientist whose shoulders slump forward and whose head hangs down in defeat. they all signal a lost and directionless man. they have gotten so caught up in the details of their work that they have forgotten the bigger picture. they have forgotten how the tiniest protein in the chain of polypeptides can determine how the body reacts and breaks down it down. innovation and creativity come from men and women who realize that even the smallest parts are important in life.

it is my opinion that we all have passion and a drive to do things in our lives. being able to see the world around us is an added bonus, as long as we have a vision that will carry us at least into the next five years of our lives. some scientists work for fifteen years in a field before they publish something notable. entrepreneurs may try hundreds of models before they successful sell something. but they keep on going after all of these failures because they have a vision for what it could become. 

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