You are dismissed!

We all read and hear about different ideas and decided instantly whether we have any interest or not. What I'm thinking about is when we dismiss an idea or a thought that might acually been good for us.
Since I watched the DVD and read the book, The Secret I thought about the different people in my sphere of influence who would benefit from me sharing my discovery.
It was interesting to me that the one's that I thought that would benefit from it the most were the one's least interested in watching, reading or even talking about it.
By contrast those that I felt needed it the least were the one's who jumped right on something that sounded interesting to them. They saw the immediate benefit not just for them but for others they thought might find value. This has me thinking about what I might have dismissed in my life that could have had major benefit to me? Now obviously its healthy to dismiss some things like recreational drugs for instance. But perhaps we would all benefit if we were just a little more open minded and were not so quick to dismiss what we don't initially understand.
Then there are those who dismiss the ideas of others and by doing so crush their enthusiasm.
The damage done by belittling someone else's dreams can be devastating. Here's what Mark Twain had to say about that...

"keep away from people who belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that but the great one's
make you feel that you too, can become great"