I'm sitting here in my office having trouble getting my work done right now because I'm so excited that our trip is starting to take shape. One of our goals of this trip is to teach people that you shouldn't wait for someday to accomplish your dreams. Countless times in my life I have heard people say that someday they are going to this or that. Unfortunately for most, some day never comes as life always gets in the way. Then, at some point, the journey is over and someday never came. Heck I have been as guilty as anyone else when it comes to not accomplishing some dreams. However, I have also been blessed to have been able to do many things on my "Bucket List" before I was at the end of my lifes journey...but I still have more to do!
I believe that most people don't accomplish their dreams is because they never sit down and outline the design of that dream. Nothing happens without a plan. Until Lola came into our life with Sturge Weber, some of these dreams in my life became more important. Yes, Jon and I had been talking about a father/son trip since Jon was a teenager. Of course we were supposed to go to Red Sox Fantasy Camp. Instead, last summer I came up with this idea of going to all the ball parks. I believe I came up with this idea out from what is going on with Lola. Her disease is so scary because there are no real indications of when something could happen. When she had her first seizure, she went to her nap smiling and loving and woke up in went limp. It scared the heck out of us and we had thought she had stroked. It was the first time we realized that she REALLY had Sturge Weber. Prior to that we knew it, but she was moving along with no problems. It was just after her first birthday.
In the end, we never know when our time up is going to be. It could be this afternoon or it could be 40 years from now. Either way, it's important to live out your dreams or at least attempt to accomplish some of them. I believe that we are put on earth to help others and to create memories. I'm always telling my family that my job is to help you create memories that will last you a lifetime. I know that whenever I have a down moment or a tough day, I reach into the hard drive of my brain and pull up a memory of raising my boys, or playing in my band or marrying my wife. All of the sudden whatever was troubling me seems to not be as important and as gratifying as my memories. In the end, I won't remember the bad day, I will always remember my memories! If you get nothing out of what Jon and I are going to accomplish, take the time to look at your life and don't waste another second not living. You only get one shot at this life. Take your best shot!
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