DAY.SEVEN> "This Is It"

Today was the first day with a sufficient amount of downtime. I felt more tired than normal as i paced up and down the stairs back and forth from the kitchen trying to decide whether I am hungry or not. I learned structure today. I realized I have not been and never want to sleep in past 9 or 10 at the latest. I know it seems late, and it is! But to someone who has the opportunity to sleep until 12, it is still fairly early. From the time I wake up until 12 or 1 I want to have breakfast - preferably a cereal of some sort or IHOP, I'm in love with IHOP. I also want to finish up whatever quick errands I have, go for a 1-2 mile run and then be back and ready to go. I got that today. It was a good start.

My lesson today was twofold. I had some car stuff to take care of. I went to my mechanic, driving in the merciless patternless rainfall and was waiting outside because I simply chose to. I was standing there looking at this dark green/teal-ish '92 camry - so simple yet sturdy in design and I was reminded of my first car. After being reminded, I suddenly realized that WAS my car! I sold this car to my mechanic and he re-sold it after some work being done to it and it was back for service. This car brought back memories and it got me thinking..

But before I go into that, opening day of MJ's movie "This Is It." I went to see it with my brother who is a huge fan, and one of his friends. It was more than I expected. In its honesty and candor it should be well noted. But for it's debut, it's marketing, and it's content it should be praised. I have a new appreciation for MJ and his life and music. An honest and caring man, just doing his part to make a change in this world. I sound brainwashed, but I'm not. I simply choose to follow the facts rather than the media. He said that life should be an adventure, and that it takes a lot of endurance, and love. I believe it whole-heartedly. I started to think about that phrase.

So with the car I realized that all good things CAN come to an end, but that is only because new things need to begin. If we are not willing to let go of the past, then what chance do we even have at the future? We think we know what is best because we believe it is what we have now. What if the fact that we only use 10% of our brain meant something to us? All I'm saying is that I realized how important it is to understand that change is a constant part of life and we are given two options. The option to reject the change and desperately and hopelessly hold on to the old things or the option to say Ok, I'm ready - Let's GO!

Here's where the connection comes in. I think life really is supposed to be an adventure. I don't think the fact that billions of people exist here with thousands of animals and languages is an accident. I don't think the fact that there are mountains and canyons, streams and waterfalls, deserts and tundras mean that we are supposed to be still. There is a world outside our own waiting for us, waiting to be taken. We are slow to act and even slower to react. The universe is waiting for us and here we are stuck in . How dare we limit ourselves. Are we LIVING life or GETTING THROUGH life? There's a big difference.