Originally posted on Facebook HERE
I’ve been writing these weekly posts for almost eight years now. The first four years are available in book form, I’m a bit behind on those — still working on the 5th year edition while the 8th year is almost complete. And I’m realizing how much of my life is like that. I’m constantly behind on everything. Until something comes up that absolutely needs my attention, it tends to stay on the back burner. I have a to-do list for just personal things with — 75/100 things on it? At work there’s at least that many things on my to-do list there every day as well. And those have to be done in between actual scheduled appointments. Lately I’ve been eating up a lot of time trying to learn 50 songs to start playing shows next month with Pink Houses as well — extremely time consuming. After that, we’ll be putting the show together for a couple gigs later this summer with The Twistin’ Egyptians. So, it’s a constant state of “gotta be here, gotta do that, don’t forget this, make sure everyone’s on the same page”, etc etc, etc… it’s a lot of pressure. I go back and forth on this. Health and fitness is extremely important to me — both physical and mental. I schedule workouts and yoga and acupuncture, massage and chiropractic care into my life. I pay close attention to things like my sleep, my weight, and my overall mental state. “Am I happy” is a question I ask myself every day. Because, there is no time in anyone’s life to consistently do anything that doesn’t bring you joy. None. So, what brings you joy? I think this life of pandemonium that I’m living brings me a lot of joy, actually. At this point in my life I love it, you know? I can’t really visualize it any other way. I’m never bored. I can see myself slowing down at some point, though — there really are many things I’d like to do that won’t ever get to the top of my to-do list until that list gets paired down a bit, but… that day isn’t today. Today, and every day, my focus is on doing everything with love in my heart and passion in my soul. I don’t know any other way. I don’t half-ass anything. Ever. You want a corner cutter?… get someone else. We have one life to live. One. No do-overs. Where is your passion? Where is your drive? Do I get up at 4am every day because I have to? No! I get up because I can’t wait to start my day. I can’t wait. Because every day in my life kicks ass. Every moment is special. I’m focused and determined to live a life of significance by paying attention to things like — what makes me happy? Where can I help? How can I bring more love and joy and happiness not only into my life, but in the lives of everyone around me? Yeah — F yeah. What if we all focused on that, eh? What if we just stopped for a moment and said, “From this day forward I will set myself up to be joyous, loving and passionate in everything I do. I will do everything I can to help others live that way as well. I begin each day with love in my heart. I exude love and happiness. My life is amazing.” … I hope you can read that and think it’s where you already are in life. Because you then, are my people. I want to surround myself with the people who live in that fashion, who get things done, who set themselves up for success. And, you know what? I think I’ve done a pretty good job of that as well. I wish you all the best things today, whatever you have going on. And every day. A day lived with love and passion is a day well lived.
