I want to take this time to talk about dreams and imagination. Sometimes, people get so lost in the realm of getting older and being mature, that they have lost an important level of immaturity that allows them to deeply believe and have faith in the impossible. Yes, tomorrow is not promised and in order to see and make an agenda for the upcoming day, one would need to have some level of faith in the impossible, but why have so many people left that wonderful side in the dust? Imagination is the source of dreams, and dreams are the blueprints of a reality achieved only by believing.

How can I tell a child to play, to dream, to imagine, to wonder, and to explore.... If I will not do the same?

How I can I tell a child they can be anything they want to be... But I don't believe that for myself?

How can I tell a child that we are given BLESSINGS to be BLESSINGS to others when I too focused on 'only getting mine?'

When I look at children’s books – let’s say two classics such as The Wizard of Oz and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (my favorite obviously) – there are a variety of hidden morals and themes that, as an adult, I can take with me. When I look at The Wizard of Oz, I think of the many people who wake up each morning and do the same thing each day because routine is comfortable. In no way am I saying that doing the same thing is a dreaded issue, but there are some people in that are stuck within the “same ol” mindset whom, out of routine, never discovered the INCREDIBLE potential they have inside - only found by putting themselves in a tornado of the unexpected and stepping out on faith into their own Oz.

This Oz could be moving to a new city, fulfilling a childhood dream that seemed or seems ridiculous, finding a path to college as the first person in the family to attend, and/or finally becoming a superhero (Hey, modern science is unpredictable…) As a writer and visual artist, I want to take the creative layer of children’s books and translate its foundational layer into books, stage-plays, and screenplays for all ages like 'Peter Pan,' and 'The Wizard of OZ'

We want children to believe and achieve - yet we, as adults, create millions of excuses when we can not do the same.

I believe that each and every person reading this (and not reading this) has the potential to change the WORLD in a positive way all in your own - you just have to believe it and yourselves. I believe in you and I may not have even met you yet.

If you cannot flow with the wind, then become a wind maker.

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE WHY YOU CAN NOT FULFILL YOUR DREAMS!!!!! TAKE THEM BY THE HORN AND GO! RESEARCH, PRACTICE, and FULFILL. WE CAN NOT BE INSPIRATIONS TO CHILDREN IF WE CAN NOT BELIEVE IN OURSELVES. You are never too old dream.

Failure is the lack of "DOING," and you can't fail if you are always doing.

Dream as though it has no age limit.

-JQ