Submitted by: Marjorie Klise
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” – Aristotle
This is a quote that we should all post up on our bulletin board. So often the first tendency is to respond “no way”, “won’t work”, “too hard” before we even “entertain the thought”. I would imagine that many great ideas are lost just because they are quashed before they get that chance of a second look.. And conversely, what a joy it must be to be in the room when an impossible plan takes life.
Who said, “No way. We can’t form a small group to raise enough money and then buy and resell houses in order to attract new neighbors and save our unique building stock?” Voila…the Moss Bradley Revolving Fund!
Who said, “Wont work. …people won’t sell engraved bricks to raise money to fix up an unsightly triangle of ground at a focal point of the neighborhood. Who will lay the bricks and water the plantings? And we don’t think that the neighbors will continue this work for years to come”? Voila…Tricorn Park!
Who said, “Crazy! How could we possibly buy/acquire almost all the houses, plus an abandoned gas station on the east side of Western Avenue, landscape the area and provide a beautiful buffer between traffic and homes”? Voila…our Western Avenue Greenway!
There are so many impossible deeds that become reality just because someone, some time, some where ‘entertains a thought’ instead of immediately crying uncle. Where is the next crazy plan? What is our next impossible task? It can be done and we have the history to prove it.