What’s the definition of possibility?
What is it?
Let’s see…
Maybe I can spin off this definition here…
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Possibility means hope.
The chance to do many different things.
Possibility means opportunity.
The opportunity to do something unique.
Possibility means reaching out.
It means hope.
Have a happier life.
Having that base, that support,
that allows you to go out and achieve
whatever dreams you want to achieve.
Possibility means community to me, for sure.
Possibility means, like, you know,
understanding your…
opportunities and capitalizing on those.
That’s kind of what it is, right?
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What I like about the possibilities idea
is the idea that change is in your grasp,
it’s in your reach.
I think the idea of creating possibility
and the importance of that for me is basically,
if somebody is without hope and without possibility,
there’s nothing worse than that.
I think if you stop believing in possibility,
there’s no reason for you to do anything.
We always do something so that there’s an outcome
at the end of the day or there’s change.
I think the thing about opening new possibilities is you have to get past this uncomfort zone.
And once you can reach past that you can realize that this might be something that you want to
do and its going to take you to that next step in life.
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I think what’s unique about Toronto is that we’re actually a young city compared to
most major cities in the world. The narrative, the mythology of the city is still being written.
So I think there’s a lot of possibility to shape the narrative of the city.
It makes me feel like, yes, this is a city that has a lot of challenges but the people
have so much heart and so much spirit.
Areas that have been riddled with issues,
you can finally see them coming up
and becoming something.
People can be really resilient
and I’m always inspired by some of the people
who’re reaching out for whatever their
goals are and exploring their possibilities.
I just recently got a long email from a client.
I knew he was 13 months out of a job
and finally he got a job with one of the biggest banks…
And said, “Fei, I wanted to donate my
first paycheque to CultureLink.”
I was so touched.
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For every Torontonian to join in on this movement
it has to have relevance to them.
They have to see themselves in it.
The idea of creating more possibilities in this city means you're not walking past people
feeling like you should be doing more.
When you work on one person at a time,
and you work on one family at a time,
you're constantly strengthening the community.
So being able to build strong communities
is exactly what possibility means.
Possibility is everywhere
and it’s a matter of seeing the good in people
and helping them see it in themselves.
If you can help somebody else to achieve their goal
then you have just created possibility for somebody else.
And it could be big change, it could be small change.
In fact, it’s often the small changes in an individual’s life
that propel them forward.
Together,
We
are
possibility.
