Every Day

Do something every day that scares you, I think we all have a lot to learn from this quote. I think I relish the idea of moving constantly, going from one thing to the next, whether it be socially, financially, in business, or in personal matters. In a nutshell, I have now gone from studying engineering to studying Spanish at Iowa State, to a study abroad in Peru, to studying and living in New York City, to working and living on a cruise ship that sailed from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, to an airport in Frankfurt, Germany, and finally back home to where I now sit at the Octane in Rockford, IL. The last time I talked about these things I described myself as feeling "on top of the world". In some ways I thought this flowed from my working on a cruise ship, but I now realize that the position there was only a gateway to fully realizing my true personality, which can find a place anywhere it goes. I have now lived in Rockford for a little over a month, and without what one might call a steady job I have worked almost every day and have successfully provided for myself in most capacities. Yet as my buddy Mike told me the other day, we could up and leave tomorrow, be in South Africa, swim with sharks, and then maybe make a trip through Africa, and ultimately never come back. The world is so small now in the sense of being able to traverse it, and yet so vast in terms of how much there is to see.

I cannot believe how completely the Lord has blessed me in terms of travel and life experience. I used to be bored, but He has provided more than adequate inspiration to live and live to the fullest. And so I urge you, be fully alive!!! Live, and do not worry, do not fear, but live beyond your fears. Never let them catch up to you because you confront and overcome them so readily.

This is what God truly wants for us. I used to think--and still believe in many ways--that I am a chameleon, capable of taking on any role or social situation and coming out on top. Conquering whatever challenges may confront me along the way. I have realized though, that we all are, some of us simply realize it more than others. With self-confidence and hope we can overcome any obstacle and literally do whatever we desire.

I want now to put in some profound quote, but I have learned that quotes only take on meaning after you have lived them. We can say anything, but it does not possess the same power until we live it. So in this way, read, learn, observe, but most of all live, and then let the quotes catch up to you. We can only live who we are, and that person should not be limited by any quotes or rules that do not suit him or her. Fulfill your dreams, love others, love God most of all, and your heart will never go empty!!!