If you build it . . .

In 1887 Gustave Eiffel won a competition to build a tower for the 1889 World Exposition. The French, always experts in good taste, called it "a truly tragic street lamp"; "Tower of Babel"; "an odious column of bolted metal." And more. But the 984-foot structure reigns today as the symbol of Paris and the required destination of every tourist, some of whom ignore the elevators and try to climb the 1652 stairs to the top.

I've discovered a wonderful coincidence: The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889, and my favorite movie "Field of Dreams" was released in 1989, exactly 100 years later. Both proclaim the message: "If you build it, they will come."

There are times when you simply must follow your vision, even if other people think you're slightly crazy. The cross was like that, too.
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