This is MY path

Blah Blah Blah...I know I've said it before...and I'll probably say it many more times before I die. I am on a JOURNEY. One that I jumped into with both feet and eyes wide open. Was I scared? Hell yes!! Did I know for sure that everything would work out? Hell yes again! Did I have any clue what the hell that meant? No friggin way!!

It's MY journey. My path. I go where my heart leads me...if I'm willing to listen. For years that little voice in my head was telling me which path to take, which opportunity to embrace...and when I should walk away from something harmful. Did I listen? Not usually.

About 10 years ago (holy crap I can't believe it's been that long) is when I started on this path. In true "Hollywood" form, I had to hit rock bottom first. Only then can you really make some serious changes. I started having a little more faith in my own instincts....in my own feelings...In ME. Much to my disconcern, my loved one's didn't have the same enthusiasm for my "new" attitude as I did.

I am 41. Is that important...??? Maybe, maybe not. What I'm doing is something anyone at anytime can do. When you're 14, 21, 50 or 90. If you are not happy with the way your life is going...if you are relying more on other peoples opinions and suggestions than on your own, then you can do something and change it.

The key...DO SOMETHING. Anything...get out of your damn shell...listen to your heart. What do you want to do? Paint? Write? TRAVEL??? Stop concentrating on the why not's and start focusing on the YES I CAN's. It's possible...just start. Do something. Take that first step and hold on. When you finally open yourself up to your own possibilities, something magical happens...Doors open, opportunities present themselves....a path creates right before your eyes. What you have to do is be open and willing to follow it. EVEN when it seems ludicrous...Cause trust me people are going to tell you that you are stupid, you'll never succeed...that you are not doing the "right" thing. Screw them!!

I've started this journey to LIVE...I do it for me, I do it for my kids, I do it so that maybe one more person in this world will stop living a life that makes them and everyone around them unhappy simply because they THINK they can do no better.

You can! I can...and I'm gonna prove it.

Hold on my friends...This is gonna be a fun ride!!