October 2008

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Are You a Dashboard Drummer?
by Caryn S. Wolchuck, PP, PLS, CPS/CAP, NALS Certification Director

 

Do you dream big?  Do you see yourself one day winning a Pulitzer Prize?  Or meeting George Clooney?  Or passing a certification exam on your first attempt?

I’m not a fan of American Idol, but I have been listening to and enjoying the latest Carrie Underwood album.  She must have dreamt big when she auditioned for the show; when she won, she must have been ecstatic.  Her latest album, “Carnival Ride,” contains a song called “Crazy Dreams” and she sings about reaching for the stars:

I stood at the bottom of some walls I thought I couldn't climb
I felt like Cinderella at the ball
just running out of time
So I know how it feels to be afraid
Think that it's all gonna slip away

Never let a bad day be enough
To go and talk you in to giving up

Here's to you long shots
You dark horse runners
Hairbrush singers, and dashboard drummers
Here's to you wild magnolias
Just waiting to bloom

Written by Carrie Underwood, Barry G. Dean, Troy Verges, © Universal Music Publishing Group

Who hasn’t had a crazy dream like competing on Survivor or winning the lottery?  And sitting for the ALS, PLS or PP exam is no different.  You know what you want, and you study for it.  And then one day, you get a letter in the mail with those coveted initials after your name, congratulating you on your accomplishment.  You had that crazy dream, and it came true!