John Hersey Leadership Blog

Full of Possibility

Michael Edward Ronan was born on August 26, 2008 at 4:35AM EST. As grandparents, we could not be more proud.

While visiting Michael in Boston we could not help but notice just how full of possibility he is. Everything is new, fresh, untried, untested. There is nothing he cannot do, as long as he is willing to give it a go, and his parents and grandparents allow him to do so. He does not know failure so it cannot hold him back. He does not know success so it cannot motivate him forward.

Somehow, Michael Edward Ronan knows that he has been born into a world that is full of possibility. Thus far, he appears to be open to all of it, that is when he is not sleeping or eating. It is a miracle to be in the presence of someone so small with everything in front of him and none of the junk that holds we humans back behind him. As grandparents our job is to see to it that the junk is kept to a minimum so Michael Edward Ronan can joyfully, enthusiastically and passionately be all that he chooses to be.

Wouldn’t the world be a truly wonderful place if we could all see only possibility?

John and Bev