Opportunities Surround Us

Opportunities are everywhere in every single little moment. The decisions we make shape who we become and are affected by the environment that surrounds us. If we put ourselves in the best possible position for success then it’s only a matter of time and determination. “Success is the intersection in which preparedness and opportunity meet.”

I used to think that opportunities came in gigantic life changing events. They sure can, but the ones that shape our day-to-day are tiny. Often indistinguishable to the average person, opportunities pass us by every moment of every day. Creating and maintaining a strong work ethic has kept me in the good graces of many great people, but has now provided me an opportunity. Most would look at it and see it as an unstable life choice, but I see much more. Because how I conduct my work in the next 10 days could affect my whole life.

Now, not to break the creative and spiritual mojo here but I need to put everything into perspective. I have built my life upon lowering or eliminating my expectations, because if I go into an opportunity with the highest of expectations to rule the world afterwards, I’m going to be let down. But if I go into a situation looking for the smallest things I can improve upon or just simply bringing everything I have to the table, no opportunity will be wasted. So with the next week I invest everything.

Sometimes it takes someone willing to take a chance or at least not to say “No” right off the bat. I’ve always maintained that those who are willing to talk to me, to look me in the eye, will see the fire that burns deep inside. But in this day and age electronics and social networking make it far more difficult to reach out and convince people that there’s something different about you.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, there’s something different going on here something you’ve never experienced before. It will be good regardless, but you have the power to make it great, to help me share my voice with the world.

Revolution

Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Love

Everything in my life has been leading up to these next moments in time. I realize now that the music, movies and performances that have moved me and helped me understand my own involvement in this world are all revolved around one of these four ideas.

Truth is something that too many people have become afraid of. Political correctness has created a fear of speaking one's mind, speaking without censoring, speaking the Truth. A bit of harsh reality, truth, would do this world a bit of good.

Beauty has become something unattainable by the general people because it changes so fast and has become an unhealthy way of life. What people don't understand is that if you work on the beauty within the outside beauty will take shape.

Freedom. Far too many people take for granted what freedoms we do have and then allow many of them to be taken away for a sense, illusion, of security. Take a minute and truly try to understand what "Freedom" means to you. Are you willing to fight for it, even in your everyday life?

Love. What can I say that hasn't already been said. I've given up the greatest love that I may ever know to pursue my dreams in hopes that I might be able to glimmer a small bit of Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Love. I've sacrificed what most people would die to maintain all in hopes of achieving these dreams.

Let there be a light in the end and may Love be contained in a sliver of that spectrum, for me.