Dreams and Deadlines

Goals are dreams with deadlines. ~Diana Scharf Hunt

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. ~Douglas Adams


I love these quotes, and I love them together. Wishing, hoping, dreaming are nothing without action, and nothing compels us to action quite like a deadline. Sometimes, however, we let a deadline slip up on us. We let it get so close we think, “Oh well there it goes. The deadline has won.” We give up the task and allow it to go unfulfilled.

Sometimes we need to let go, but sometimes I think we need to just finish. Have you ever been to a race where the loudest cheers were for the one that came in last, the one that didn’t give up just because there was no hope of winning?

You may miss one opportunity, but you’ll never know what else may be on its heels if you don’t stick around for the end.