Dreaming is easy. All you have to do is move your lips, and it is as if visiting the heavens or the depths of the oceans is a walk in the park. However, dreams are often squashed by harsh reality. That is when the excuses begin. More often than not, dreams are like kindling in which the fire has gone out, unknowingly extinguished. At five o’clock in the morning on January 9th, 2016, 56-year-old Taipei Mayor Wen-je Ko visited Taipei’s Guandu Temple ( 關渡宮) to ask for blessings, then did some warm-up exercises in the riverside plaza before departing Taipei on a more than 300-kilometer bike ride that lasted 19 hours and 52 minutes, ending with his arrival in Kaohsiung. Many people have expressed bewilderment about this, and have asked him why he wanted to do such a crazy thing. He always answers with just a smile. But, in his heart, his hope is that this display of willpower can help Taiwan’s people to reclaim their confidence, explaining by saying,“ The characteristics of maritime nations are that they take risks and overcome difficulties. The only difference between success and failure is willpower.”