Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson <orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > When I was a small child I often wished that certain aspects pertaining to > my lucid dreams would make an effort to jump into the realm of my physical > reality. Who wouldn't enjoy being able to fly! Alas, they never obliged. > Long after they became famous, a reporter asked one of the Wright brothers (Orville, I think it was): "What was the most exciting thing about flying? Was it the first flight? The public acclaim after you become famous?" He responded: "The most exciting thing was thinking about what it would be like, before we did it." That, I submit, is the essence of the inventor's soul, wherein the dream of the invention is more compelling than the reality, and even in some ways more real.
Dreams do come true, so be careful what you wish for. I dreamed of having a computer of my own, after seeing one at the Census Bureau at age 8. When I grew up I did have one. It was the first expensive item I bought as an adult. - Jed
