Don’t Let Go of Your Dream But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who spied out the land, tore their clothes: and they spoke to the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. If the lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us”… And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Numbers 14:6-8, 10 During its early stages, a dream is an incredibly fragile thing. As a corporate leadership expert Bob Biehl says, “Dreams are like soap bubbles floating close to jagged rocks on a windy day.” New dreams are fragile because we haven’t had time yet to let them grow or develop. When a seedling oak is only a year old, a child can tear it out by the roots, but once it’s had some time to become firmly established, even a hurricane can’t knock it down. Young dreams are also more easily shot down because if they are attacked, it is usually by close confidants, because they’re the only people who know about them. Our hopes and desires may be able to weather the criticism of a stranger, but they have a more difficult time surviving when undermined by a friend.