Recently, I find myself struggling with my own impatient
nature. You see, once I made my lists, my decisions and cleared my path of the
debris of debauchery, things began falling into place, and I realized something…I
realized the power of “now”. And, before I lay down what my vision is for my
entire model for my three combined projects (because I want them fine-tuned and
ready for the world) I wanted to take a moment out of your day to talk about
the power of “now
The Trouble Is, We
Life in a World of Too Much Information
We inundate ourselves with more information than what we
should probably process in a single 24-hour period. Did you know that we put
more content on the internet in two days than what has been put out in the last
30 years? And, what’s even more frightening than that, by the year 2017, we
will be putting more content out on the internet in two hours than what we have
put out there in the last three decades combined? The sad thing? Most of it is
garbage. And, it’s trending even more toward more, irrelevant, meaningless
garbage. In other words, I am trying to commit to only speaking (or putting out
content) that is worthy of breaking the silence.
Why Is Too Much
Information a Problem?
Well, the more information we try and cram in our craniums,
the more indecisive we become. The more we numb our intellect and the more
frequently we allow the waters of complacency crash upon our consciousness, the
more we allow ourselves to believe that we don’t know who we are, what we want,
or how to be more than what we were
yesterday.
So Me? I Tuned Out. I
Turned it Off
I disconnected from technology, I stopped watching
television, I rarely watch movies anymore and, all I got out of it was a list
of things I want, a clear path on how to get them, and enough time in my day to
read, to write to create and to become a better version of me. But more than
that, I got the desire to push back. Not push others, but push myself.
“Don’t Try to Save
the World”
This was a text I got last night. My reply was simply this, “I’m
not. Not this time. This time, I’m only trying to save myself, and if the world
wants to join me, I’d be happy to have them.” And, what I mean by that, is that
with my desire to push myself, I gave up trying to push anyone else. I will
still shoot straight, I will still be myself, but I’m focused on spreading love
and opportunity for love, and I hope that people rise to that challenge…of course, there is a challenge at the end of
this blog, for those ready to take it…so please, read on.
Naturally, I’m still
a Work In Progress, But…
The power of now is so relevant. Your destiny isn’t going to
wait for you. Opportunity is not going to keep knocking and it isn’t going to
ring your doorbell either. Not one of us is getting any younger. Each second
brings us closer to the inevitable end. So, the longer you wait to say what you
feel, to acknowledge what you want, the longer we insist on hiding behind masks
of insecurities and self-doubt, the more penetrated we become with
self-loathing, the harder it is to hear that still, small voice of decisiveness
in your head.
So, I’m going to throw down a challenge to each of you right
now, and I am going to fulfill it myself…right
now. Because if I am going to preach about the power of now, I fully intend
to walk my talk. And here it is:
For me, my one phone call would be to my daughter. I would
tell her I’m sorry for all the times I failed. I would tell her that I remember
how much joy her laughter brought me. How much I miss her every day. I would reminisce
about all of the good times we shared, and I would, lastly and most importantly
tell her that I loved her, probably more than she will ever realize in three
lifetimes.
Then, I would sit down and pen a letter to my three
children, to my dearest friends and leave one last blog for the world. And,
while my letters might be too lengthy for one little blog, written by one
little nobody, I can tell you what that last blog would say, and it would say
simply this:
Stop wasting time.
Stop muddling in the waters of fear and insecurity. Do it now. Tell someone you
love them. Make someone or something (or both) in your life a definitive priority.
Tell someone you’re grateful for them. Be love. For once in your life, put
aside your ego and be guided by spirit. And…do it now. Because the truth is,
now is all we have.
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