I'm reading a book, titled "The Dream Giver", that was lent to me by one of my new co-workers.

It's about a nobody named Ordinary who has always lived in the town of Familiar.  One day Ordinary was given a big dream by the Dream Giver.  The dream came with a white feather.  He wanted to become a somebody and was not content to be a Nobody anymore, like most nobodys were.

Ordinary spoke with his father, who had also had a big dream once, but he didn't want to persue it until the time was right.  He had waited so long that his feather turned to dust and his dream was gone.  After hearing this sad story, Ordinary decided to persue his dream, but he didn't tell many people what it was.  It was such a big dream, he was afraid that everyone would laugh at him to even think that he could achieve it.

The story goes on to describe how he stepped through the wall of fear and out of his comfort zone.  It told about how other nobodies tried to stop him, how he began to have doubts about his ability to achieve the dream, and how the journey was so hard and lonely that he even gave up.  Then he met Faith.

I find it very interesting that this book would "fall into my lap" at this point in my life.  If you believe in omens and signs, which I do, then perhaps someone thought I needed a little encouragement.  I'm enjoying this story very much and I'm finding it incredibly inspirational and motivating.  I think I must be doing the right thing.