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To Reach the Unreachable Star

The Unreachable star. Everyone has one. That dream you have every night, the wish they make on every birthday while blowing out the candles or the ambition you would sacrifice everything for.

I have a dream like that. Actually, I have two. If I can accomplish the first, I know the second will follow. However, the first is an ambition that only one person I know of has achieved it for sure. The Goal is to become like God. Honestly, I am nowhere close to achieving this goal.

There is a song we sing in our Barbershop Choir called "The Impossible Dream." It portrays the amazing message of trying as hard as one possibly can to achieve their dream. The lyrics are very motivating:

This is my quest: to follow that star no matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right without question or pause, to be willing to march into Hello for a Heavenly Cause!
And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest, that my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest.

Those lyrics can carry one to fight for their dream. You may have the idea that every dream you have will come true, but there is no guarantee that will happen. However, the lyrics go on to say this:

And the world will be better for this: that one man, scorned and covered with scars, still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable star.

Go for it. You will get hurt, just as that man covered with scars. But you will learn, and it will be worth it to fight for that dream. I will continue to strive for both my unreachable stars.

Barbershop - BYUTV

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