Hi-Def or VHS?

A few years ago, I was multi-tasking. I was straightening up my bedroom, reading a romance novel and had Pastor Jamal Bryant’s television broadcast playing in the background. He said something so provoking that I was immediately snatched out of the romance and tuned in to his message. This man of wisdom stated, “Don’t share your dreams with unimaginative people. You are in HD and they are in VHS.” At that moment I put the duster down, put a bookmark at the appropriate page in my romance novel, grabbed my notepad and started taking notes. Pastor Bryant had something to say and I was avidly listening! 😉

For any youngsters that may not be familiar with VHS cassettes, it stands for Video Home System. It was developed and placed on the market in the 1970s to be used by home consumers. The picture clarity was often grainy with average resolution but the viewer was satisfied because nothing better was available. These cassettes were highly competitive in the 1980s and early 1990s but were phased out when the popular DVD technology was introduced.

In the twenty-first century, society enjoys streaming on HD televisions. This is high definition and offers an enhanced resolution with keen sharpness and focused detail. This picture is so much clearer than the VHS visual. It is like needing glasses and watching a program vs wearing glasses and watching the program. The images are much sharper; the detail is much more enhanced. Think of the last time you were looking at a cloudy mirror. When you ‘windexed’ that mirror, it became a clearer reflection.

Unimaginative people don’t dream outside of the box. They do what they are allowed. Many are afraid of failure so they let things happen. As a result, they are often subject to the decisions and behaviors of others. They’d rather ask permission than ask forgiveness. I used to be this person. I was so afraid of making a mistake that I didn’t color outside of the lines of life. I wanted safety more than I wanted freedom.

Imaginative people are dreamers. Dreamers make things happen. They color outside of the lines of possibility. There are some failures, yes. But there are often huge successes. Folks that live in HD are experiencing life in meaningful ways. They are laying it all ‘out on the line’ and will be empty when their journey in this earth-realm is done.

Have you ever shared your vision with someone and it was shot down? How did that make you feel? Discouraged, I bet. Today’s generation calls those types of individuals ‘haters’ but I think these folk are simply fearful. Safety equates to success for some people…especially people who have been hurt by life.

Is this you? Or maybe someone you know? Been hurt and now you don’t want to live big? Even though your dreams may have been compromised by the circumstances of life; this should not cause you to inhibit the dreams of others. Let people dream in HD. Don’t let the grainy image of your expectations impact those around you. Shut your mouth unless you are asked an opinion about a specific path. Share your experience without discouraging the journey of others.

The HD people are the game changers that you see around you. The extreme people. They love to the extreme. They dream to the extreme. They build to the extreme. They create to the extreme. They have the ability to make lemons out of lemonade-without complaint. Complaining takes too much energy. They simply do it. Like Nike. The HD folk are entrepreneurs that build unapologetically and then teach others how to duplicate their success. They lift as they climb. You know them; you see them; you are them. For those that are living life out loud and coloring outside the lines…keep coloring in HD. 🙂