Waiting to be Known
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. ~ Carl Sagan
I have long been intrigued by the power of the curious drive of those who “discover”. If I ever do a thesis I might focus it on the powerful principle of discovery.   As a kids I watched ”Indiana Jones” and thought “Wow, too bad all the coolest things have already been explored and discovered.” But my thoughts then were the result of the ignorance and lack of vision common to far too many youth(and adults).  If I continue to tell myself that same thing today… it would not be ignorance but a lie that I tell myself as an excuse for my lack of curiosity and drive to learn, to grow, to explore…and to discover.Â
Most great discoveries seem to be awesome accidents that were found by explorers who were trying to accomplish something else. Columbus wasn’t looking for America.. he was looking for a better way to get to the spices in east. So he sailed west to go east and bumped into something that was beyond imagining.Â
If Carl Sagan is right… and I believe he is. Then I want to let the belief that great things are still waiting to be discovered drive me, motivate and inspire me to learn more, explore more, do more and become more.
Great things will forever remain unknown unless I set out to discover them and to make them known.  And if we modify his quote just a bit.. as I have done below it offers us another important dimension to consider. That being the “incredible” people in our world of work and life who also remain largely as yet, undiscovered.
Somewhere, someone incredible is waiting to be known. ~ Kirk Weisler Sagan 
Let’s get going, growing and knowing …let’s discover and create a more incredible life.
Kirk Out
