http://www.windycitizen.com/tag/love The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/05/13/bigger-than-an-idea <p><!--paging_filter--> <p>History shows the most powerful tool man can possess is an idea.</p> <p>The Romans knew it. Columbus knew it. Luther knew it. Napoleon, Lincoln, Princess Di, Gandhi, Gutenberg, Mandela, Mother Theresa and Einstein knew it. Kennedy, Malcolm X. and Reagan knew it. The Pope knows it. Obama knows it too.</p> <p>In my dissection of the accomplishments of these &quot;greats,&quot; I realized that there's something even greater and more powerful than an idea alone. After all, don’t we all, at least once in our lives, have some profound, transient thought with the potential to change the course of history?</p> <p>There must be something greater than an idea alone, or we’d all be creating new governments, inspiring new inventions and starting new religions. Getting to know one woman, Anne Holcomb, helped me capture this elusive force that can turn a simple idea into a beautiful reality.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/windycitywanderers" class="og_links">Windy City Wanderers</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/05/13/bigger-than-an-idea">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/05/13/bigger-than-an-idea#comments Lakeview Broadway Youth Center homeless love Windy City Wanderers Tue, 13 May 2008 13:38:59 -0500 1403 at http://www.windycitizen.com