Flamethrowers

Remember that episode of Avatar, when 12 year old Aang summons the courage to hold a tiny flame in his hands? At first, he winces, expecting it to explode, to run out of control like it had before. But then he opens his eyes and stares in wonder as it flickers in his palm. "It's like a tiny heartbeat."

Our desires can fly out of our grasps, catching fire to our world, burning things they shouldn't. Or our desires can live in the smallest heartbeat, too quiet for others to notice. Either way, we must never let our fire go out. Never let our desires grow cold. Persist.

Persist, persist, persist. And someday, we will have our dreams.


“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” 
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road