What if .......... the power of words

‘What if?’

Two simple words with amazing power.

Two words I’ve heard spoken in diametrically different ways in just the last three days

'What if?'

So what meaning and tone do you hear when you say ‘What if’?

Is it the excitement of ‘what if’ we did ………? What amazing things might happen, what new discovery could be found, what excitement generated, what new idea released?

Or is it the ‘what if’ of

‘What if’ …….. happened? What if you hurt yourself, what if you broke it, what if you can’t put it back, what if you're wrong?

Two words that can encourage or contain, can discover or deny, can enthuse or negate.

If a child or adult is surrounded by the latter then the world of their opportunity will get smaller and smaller. The potential to do new things will slowly be wrapped with fear. innovation will be stifled, dreams and hopes punctured.

We all know we need to hear the voices of problems but let the imagination of a positive 'what if' be your challenge. 

So ...... what if we