"Our
greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always
to try just one more time."--Thomas A. Edison
As you follow me, you will find that I
tend to jump around a little. I believe it is the writer in me that wants to
write the story at hand. This week I thought maybe we would start a little different.
I have been doing a lot of self-inventory as we study the art of happiness.
What is it that makes me happy? Great food, great music, and good friends to
name just a few of the things that make me happy. Writing, of course has to be
in the mix, but ultimately it is following my dreams that makes me happy. I
guess you could say chasing them for a lack of a better word.
As I cruised Facebook this weekend, I
came across a post from a young struggling artist. She talked about how for a
decade she had worked as a full time hairstylist and how fulfilling that had
been. In this post, she thanked those who had made her career a success and
even had a picture of her empty work station with the first dollar she ever
made sitting on the counter. She then explained that there are chapters to life
that wouldn't be there if it wasn’t for the previous chapters. As a writer this
made me smile, because each chapter in a book ties together to make the story.
I have often said that the pixels of life are more important than the final
picture.
She went on to thank her family and
friends for making this chapter a success, for putting up with her crazy music
schedule. Then she announced that she was moving to Nashville, TN to pursue her
music career full time. Then she closed with this: “Excited? YES Am I scared?
OF COURSE! I'm human! But this is a dream, and like every dream, you can't make
it a reality if you don't give it your all and try!” What a courageous young
girl to have the guts to pick up and move to a strange place in an effort to
further her dream.
As I finished reading her post, it made
me realize sometimes your dreams won’t just happen. Sometimes working it isn’t
enough and sometimes following your dreams won’t yield the results you need.
Sometimes if you want it bad enough, you have to pack your bags and chase your
dreams. You have to be proactive instead of just waiting for something to
happen. It is kind of like when someone says, I wish I’d win the lottery and
then they tell you they never buy a ticket. You have to play to win. In the 1990
movie The Hunt for Red October, Sean Connery’s character Captain Ramius say’s “When
he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result his men were
well motivated.” This is true with your dreams.
Sometimes you have to step out with no guarantee there will be something
there to catch you. They don’t call it a leap of faith for nothing.
For more information on the up and
coming music star I was talking about check out http://www.jessiebrownmusic.com.
Jessie Brown is the real deal and I believe she will make a splash in the music
world very soon.
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