This morning a friend and I were discussing in e-mail my article of my bands song Roses are Red.  While I was glad she liked it, I was commenting that the song actually had more “drive” when we were able to polish it etc...  Then she replied,

You should be proud of what you were able to accomplish.  Not many people get to live out their dreams...lord knows I have many of my own that will probably never see the light of day, but you got to experience it - even if it was a short period of time.  And now you will always have those memories and something to actually show for it...

This all made me think.  Yes, I’ve tried to live.  I did perform on stage, I did make the semi-pro football team, I did work on the cruise line, I did finally learn Kung Fu, I did really go for it and found a wife from Europe (could have went better but oh well), I have two children that I’ll share a lifetime with and I’ve done so many little things in between.  This year has been that time for me to go out there and do the things I couldn’t do before.   Life is for living.

So if you are reading this, I hope if you are recently graduated from school, or just divorced or in some way find yourself able to come and go with the wind... you need to live.  Life is not a test drive.  Some dream, some do.   Hang on to your dreams.  But even more, go after them.  I am. 

Later this year I’ll stun so many of you as I’m just not done yet.  Some secrets are good secrets, but that is beside my point.   I have got to live out some of my dreams, if I don't live out any more, I have enough.  It's more than most men can say.  I didn't just dump my wife looking for a way out to chase something useless, I found myself single for the most bizarre of reasons.  Now I'm making the best of it.   I hope if you have found freedom or are simply just free still that you are not wasting this life you've been blessed with.  Act on your dreams, put your money where your mouth is and put your wheels on the track. Put your money where your mouth is or you will never get it back.

Live.  If you have a dream and there is a chance at all you can live it, then put your dream into action.  Baby steps turn into grown up steps, those turn into strides and then before you know it, you are at break neck speed running towards your goal.   And as always dear readers, know this... the journey is the reward.