On this date in 1899, F.O. Stanley did the unthinkable. He became the first person to drive a car to the top of Mount Washington, in New Hampshire. Within a few years, that car would be outdated, with the emerging Stanley Steamer (bearing his name), which clocked a speed of 127 miles per hour in 1907. Behind the evolution of the automobile were other men like Henry Ford, men who dreamed big. But there is more to success than big dreams. You need hard dreams.
Let me explain.
Sportscaster Jim Nantz said, “People say to dream big. That’s kind of one of those motivational sayings, but I have found something better than dreaming big. I have learned to dream hard. We must want what we want badly enough to do whatever it takes to get there.”
An obscure man in the Bible learned to dream hard.
“Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, ‘Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!’ And God granted what he asked” (1 Chronicles 4:10).
Recovery Step: Dream big. And hard.
