What Disneyland Taught Me About Reality
We were standing in a long, obnoxious line when it happened.
In the time it took for my family and I to shuffle towards the rattling, Jeep-shaped coaster carts; a brilliant thought raced through my mind like an arrow on fire.
Disneyland (and everything in it) would not exist if everyone was content with what the world had to offer.
From the rolling boulder of the Indiana Jones ride, to the howls of the Haunted Mansion, to the rocket ships of Space Mountain; none of it would exist if someone didn’t think they could force their vision into reality.
I excitedly told my brother about this sudden understanding of the miracle of human ingenuity.
When I was done, I stared at him, wide-eyed and hoping that he would immediately grasp what I had just realized.
I guess I put too much faith in the sibling mind reading thing, because instead of rejoicing in my epiphany, he promptly asked if I was high.
“No,” I replied, “Just tired.”
It was 10pm. We were way past my bedtime of solid 8:30pm. I also spent the entire day around people, which generally strains my introverted batteries.
Still, I felt like these great big gates locking in my perception of the world so far had been flung wide open.
We were in Disneyland – walking in, through, and riding on ideas that came to life.
Just think about it: Before there was Disneyland, there were visionaries who wanted to see their bold ideas come to life.
And now we have worlds within worlds that thousands of people visit every day.
They wanted to shape reality based on a version of the world that previously only existed in their own minds.They were so taken, so crazed with the idea, that they involved other artists, engineers, and leaders to rally in their cause.
It was this team, bringing along their experience, knowledge, and perceptions, that helped the visionary change reality.
The visionary was the catalyst, the initiator, the quiet rumble of the ground.
The team that dared to push the boundaries of reality became the explosion, the eruption of the volcano that changed the landscape of the world as we were to understand it.
It just takes one bold visionary, tinged with madness, to alter reality.
It takes a team to change the landscape all together.
Here is what we can learn from the visionaries:
Reality is limited by your ideas, and your willingness to drag those ideas into reality.
What is the magic of Disney but proof that you can bring your ideas into the real world if you have the conviction to do so?
What are all the glowing castles and racing coasters but proof that someone can look at what the world has to offer and think that it could be done better?
If this many people had the nerve and madness to believe that their ideas could one day shape a world of their own, what’s stopping anyone else from doing the same?
See the vision. Embrace the madness. Be the catalyst. Alter your reality.
How can you change your world?
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