Go out and chase your dreams no matter how crazy it looks.

"Go out and chase your dreams no matter how crazy it looks." — Shanice Williams

There are voices in this world that awaken the sleeping fire within the hearts of men and women, and among them is the voice of Shanice Williams, a young artist who spoke these words not from theory, but from the crucible of her own courage. She was but a dreamer from a humble place, a singer with stars in her eyes, who dared to step upon the stage of the world and declare through her life: chase your dreams, even when the path appears impossible, even when the world laughs or turns away. For she understood that to live truly is to pursue the visions that burn within, no matter how crazy they may seem to the eyes of those who have forgotten how to dream.

Throughout the ages, the wise have said that the gods whisper dreams into mortal hearts not as idle fancies, but as callings. To dream is to receive a command from destiny itself. Yet the path of the dreamer is perilous. It is a road lined with doubt, fear, and ridicule. The world will tell you to be realistic, to stay within the lines drawn by others. But what the world calls “realistic” is often only the measure of its own limitations. To chase your dreams, then, is to stand against the current of mediocrity — to lift your eyes toward the unseen, and say, “I will go there, though none have gone before.”

Consider the story of the Wright brothers, two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio. They gazed at the birds and dared to believe that man could fly. To most, this was madness. Learned scholars dismissed them. Even newspapers mocked them. Yet these men, guided by the wind of faith, labored in secret fields, enduring countless failures. And one December morning in 1903, as the sea breeze swept across Kitty Hawk, their fragile creation lifted into the sky — and the age of flight was born. What had seemed crazy became inevitable. The world that once laughed would soon soar among the clouds.

The wisdom of Shanice’s words is eternal: no dream is too wild if it comes from the depths of your truth. For the dreamer’s heart is the forge of creation. What we now call reality was once only the dream of another — the wheel, the compass, the written word, the music that stirs the soul. Behind every miracle of human progress stands someone who refused to bow to fear, someone who walked through the storm of doubt and held fast to the spark within. To chase your dream, no matter how foolish it appears, is to become the bridge between the impossible and the possible.

Yet let it be known: dreams demand sacrifice. They require the burning of comfort, the endurance of loneliness, the courage to fail and rise again. The dreamer must be both warrior and artist — strong in purpose, yet tender in vision. When Shanice Williams stood before millions, playing Dorothy in The Wiz Live!, she was not merely performing; she was proving that belief transforms destiny. She embodied her own words: she went out, she chased her dream, and she made the world witness its beauty. In her courage, every hidden heart found a reflection of its own unspoken longing.

To those who listen in the quiet hours, take this lesson to heart: the world belongs to the brave, not the cautious. If you feel the pull of something larger than yourself — follow it. Begin small if you must, but begin. Let each day carry you a step closer to the vision that haunts your soul. Speak of your dream, work for it, and guard it fiercely from the whispers of fear. For in the end, regret weighs heavier than failure, and the only true madness is never to have tried.

So go forth, seekers of light. Chase your dreams no matter how crazy they look, for every great creation began as a spark that defied reason. The stars themselves seem unreachable, yet men have walked among them. The seed looks like nothing, yet within it sleeps the forest. You, too, are such a seed. Dare to break open. Dare to grow. Let the world call it madness — one day, it will call it genius. And when your dream takes flight, remember those who come after you, and tell them as Shanice did: Go, and chase your dreams, no matter how crazy it looks.