One of my favorite Walt Disney stories has been told in a few different ways. I hope I have not changed the facts too much here.

Walt Disney was taking a tour of Disneyland before the opening, and the gardeners pointed out some weeds that simply could not be addressed before the guests arrived. Walt Disney said "What do you mean we can't get rid of those weeds in time? Then go over there and put some fancy signs with latin names in front of them."

I was a kid when a cast member in Walt Disney World told me that story. Something about Walt's attitude stuck with me, though I still struggle daily to really apply it to life.

Walt was not one to gloss over the facts and realities. He was meticulous about keeping his parks sparkling. He hired round-the-clock workers to touch up paint, fix ragged edges, and generally keep the place looking new each morning when the gates opened.

Still, when something was unavoidable, he found a way to work around it. He found a way to keep the guests from knowing.

Perhaps a big part of The Magic is The Illusion. Illusion change the way we see or interpret something.

If he had a small space, his Imagineers used forced perspective to make the space appear larger. On a larger scale, he changed a useless swamp area into a theme park and, most likely, was a major influence on the economy of Central Florida.

And I have to mention that when Charles Mintz took control of Walt's early cartoon character, Oswald the Rabbit, Walt saw that as an opportunity to create Mickey.

I think it all started with the belief that the situation could be changed in some way. Sometimes the change was very real, but sometimes that change was just the appearance by creating illusion.

Granted, there is a fine line between illusion and delusion, but I think the line is drawn here:

If you actually manage to accomplish, create, change, or survive the long-shot...well, the belief that it is not possible was an illusion.

If you keep at it, but you just can't make the long-shot work for you, some might call your belief delusion.

And, the belief that I can keep working on this blog and not get my office work done is a BIG delusion, so I have to stop here.

I hope I am not incoherent and, please post some comments. I'll be sure to go back and edit this at a later date, and I'd love to have your ideas in my mind as I do that.

Carry on!