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Ideas are a little like balloons – they come in various shapes, sizes, and colors.  Unfortunately, a balloon without air doesn’t go very far, and a concept that is not backed by determination will never make it off the ground.  But with a little patience, creativity, and some good ol’ blood, sweat, and tears, that idea will slowly begin to emerge from abstraction.  What once was an absurd day-dream is now become a tangible reality that lifts us up and causes us to soar to new heights, enabling us to see and imagine things we never would have before. 

And when you’re flying above the rest of the world, looking down at all the people still stuck on the ground, you wonder how you could have ever been content to stay below while others soared to new heights above your head…