20 feb. 2015

''The Journey is the Destination''... Dan Eldon

 ..is one of the most quoted sayings in our days.
We could imagine it belongs to a Chinese thinker, living before our ages. But it is the title of the poem* Dan Eldon's destiny makes famous.
Because he lived upon it.

                                                   image source: http://felixfeatures.photoshelter.com/image/I000044dfJKGQ7OM

''He was a curious observer and a passionate empathizer. He was a dreamer and he was a doer''

As is stated here, Dan Eldon loves Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem:


SUCCESS
To laugh often and love much
To win respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children

To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends

To appreciate beauty
To find the best in others
To leave the world a bit better
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition

To know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.


And here you can read a beautiful interview with his mother.
And here, what his father recalls of having him as son:
''Much of this I learnt from Dan. He was my happiness guru, my significance guru, forever telling me ‘Lighten up, Dad’, forever dreaming big dreams and living them.''
He was a curious observer and a passionate empathizer. He was a dreamer, and he was a doer. - See more at: http://www.creativevisions.org/dan-eldon#sthash.meIpuwNr.dpuf
But he’s just a normal guy, acting creatively, acting authentically, often toward agendas and objectives and grand visions most of us never even understood. His imagination was bold because he didn’t follow rules, and his actions were brave because the world he saw around him required them to be. He was a curious observer and a passionate empathizer. He was a dreamer, and he was a doer. - See more at: http://www.creativevisions.org/dan-eldon#sthash.meIpuwNr.dpuf
But he’s just a normal guy, acting creatively, acting authentically, often toward agendas and objectives and grand visions most of us never even understood. His imagination was bold because he didn’t follow rules, and his actions were brave because the world he saw around him required them to be. He was a curious observer and a passionate empathizer. He was a dreamer, and he was a doer. - See more at: http://www.creativevisions.org/dan-eldon#sthash.meIpuwNr.dpuf