When Dreams Take Flight: Lessons to Help You SOAR Through Life - Softcover

Smith, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629038245 ISBN 13: 9781629038247

Publisher: Next Century Pub, 2015

Synopsis

Some men and women are afraid to dream.

After all, if you dream, you may look foolish. If you dream, you may fail. If you dream, then you risk disappointment. So why dream? In the words of Victor Hugo, the famous French novelist, "There is nothing like a dream to create the future." Donald J. Smith had a dream for his life that no one would have believed, yet he created his future despite many setbacks and disappointments.

Do you have a dream?

Through trials, disappointments, hunger, and grief, Smith kept believing that his dream was possible. But how? It's all in this book. The lessons he learned about how to live your life with passion is contained within these pages. His story will inspire you to live with&hellip

• Determination
• Hope
• Optimism
• Enthusiasm
• Endurance
• Confidence

… and much more!;

Follow Donald Smith on his journey from a poverty-stricken, starving boy in Mexico City with an impossible dream to fly, to a man who became a celebrated Air Force pilot and United Airlines captain. This is a story of a man who never gave up on his dream. Even when everyone else around him said, "You can't," he said, "I will." And he did. As you read about the author surviving trial after trial with his dream intact, you will begin to believe that your dream is possible as well. Dare to dream that your future can become a reality through each life lesson taught within these pages. Like Smith, you can get out there and let your dreams take flight!

About this title

About the Author

DONALD SMITH is the Director of Scottish International Storytelling Festival at Edinburgh's Netherbow and a founder of the National Theatre of Scotland. For many years he was responsible for the programme of the Netherbow Theatre, producing, directing, adapting and writing professional theatre and community dramas, as well as a stream of literature and storytelling events. He has published both poetry and prose and is a founding member of Edinburgh's Guid Crack Club. He also arranges story walks around Arthur's Seat.

Edition details

• Publisher: Next Century Pub
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629038245
• ISBN 13: 9781629038247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 189