What is the lyric from? Anyway, I know it sounds totally lame but lately I've had a ton of emotions going through me 24/7 and thought it would be good to release some of them. I was watching a snippet of Bravo's interview with James Lipton which was hosted by Dave Chappelle. Anyway, Dave Chappelle was saying how he's never done manual labor in his life. The hard labor that he's done has all been emotional and psychological. He's like, "If you could look at my brain it would look like Denzel Washingtons back!" I thought that was really hilarious but also comforting because Dave Chappelle is super successful for a reason - and its not luck. He was obviously able to fight through the emotional rollercoasters of acheiving his dreams and he did.
I was also reading in a magazine the other day a quote by Will Smith that was along the lines of: The most successful people are the ones that work the hardest. Its seems obvious, but its so true. I constantly hear people make comments about why things didn't work out for them or why they are destined to be a certain way. I strongly dislike those kinds of statements! Our brains are so unbelievable powerful and its a total slap in the face to our creator to even suggest that we are less than totally amazing.
Michael and I have BIG dreams. I mean, really big. We were in a meeting the other day with our insurance agent who asked us how much money we'd like to be making in a few years. He was trying to calculate how much we should save for retirement and such. Anyway, we told him - and he entered in the numbers. It turned out that the calculator software that he was working off of didn't calculate that high! Now, am I saying that money is the most important thing to us? Of course not. But if something goes down in our family that sucks (death, disabilities who knows) we want to be prepared to be able to help whoever it is that stands in need. I also feel like, dream big. The worst thing that can happen is that it won't work out the way you planned. But most likely you'll have gotten farther than if you never dreamed.
There is also a great saying among the Amish. "If your praying for pototoes, you better pick up a hoe"I love this saying because its always annoyed me when people have dreams but don't ever seem to actually WORK towards them. I just feel bad because I want everyone to achieve what they want in life. But it will never happen unless you do something!
So emotionally, all these thoughts have been going through my head lately. Its easy to get comfortable in life. I try to stay uncomfortable a lot because its a signal that I'm on the right track. Carving out new neural pathways in the brain is a good thing! I remember when Michael and I started our business almost 4 years ago and my Mom was all worried that it wasn't going to work out. I was like, "Mom, if the business fails - Michael and I both have college degrees! We'll be fine. Stop worrying!" Now that we have some new projects and some uncharted territory ahead of us, it feels like we're back to those days again. Which is great! Life is an adventure, right?
Okay, I feel like I'm totally rambling at this point and that most of this makes no sense. Sorry for the people that made it to the end here! Thanks for listening! :)
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