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A Hundred Years From Now

Application in your life:

  • The dream you decide on should be acted upon quickly and be considered a long dream. The key to dreaming big is thinking long. And the bigger the dream the longer the timeline. 
  • George Washington and Abraham Lincoln both had dreams that are still relevant today, hundreds of years later. George Washington when going into the Battle of Long Island he said, "The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army."
  • Abraham Lincoln also stated when trying to abolish slavery only needing two votes said this, "The abolition of slavery by constitutional provisions settles the fate, for all...time, not only of the millions now in bondage but of unborn millions to come -- a measure of such importance that those two votes must be procured."
  • What are you doing today that will make a difference one hundred years from now?

Biggest Takeaway:

  • Every dream, no matter how big, starts out as a seed. And like a seed, it often goes underground for a season. That's when we get discouraged because we don't see any physical evidence of the dream's progress. But it has to take root before it can bear fruit.

Quotes:

  1. You are planting seeds that someone else will harvest, just as you are harvesting seeds that someones else planted.
  2. If we don't honor those who have gone before us, we rob them of the opportunity to bless those who come behind.

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