"Whatever
you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to
draw back...-- Concerning all acts of initiative,
there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless
ideas and endless plans: that the moment one definitely commits
oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur
to help one that would never have otherwise occurred. A whole
stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor
all manner of unforeseen incidents, and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever
you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius,
power, and magic in it. Begin it now."
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I love this quote. It means so much on so many levels. It is particularly meaningful to me as we begin a very special journey...one that we have waited for, planned on, researched for the better part of three years, and finally committed to begin. We have decided to adopt a sweet ten year old boy from China. I decided to create a blog about our journey, mostly for him, really. I'm definitely not an expert blogger, so this will be pretty basic. I hope to keep track of our adoption timeline and write down the details of the events that led up to this decision, as well as those that happen from now on, as we prepare to bring him home. Some day he will want to know how all of this came to be, and how we knew that he was supposed to be our son.
