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Hello, as I look back, my life has taken me through many twists and turns. I have seen friends grow closer together and others have become very far apart. Family members go through extreme trials and tribulations and others to an early end. I have had a hand in changing my surroundings in my town, meeting the movers and shakers personally seeing their families are not so different than mine. I have moved to different states and met many people whose lives and family’s lives are not so different than mine. I have gone to far off foreign lands and met extremely interesting people who offered me a glimpse to their lives and heritage. They have told me stories of the good times and not so good times that gone by of both themselves and their relatives. Here again, a recurring theme is seen. I have had the privilege of getting to know people all around the world throughout many cultures, some of whom were very different from mine all have the same basic type of challenges we seem to go through every day. The underlining theme I have come across is; as a species we strive to do better and be better person than we were the prior day before and rightfully assume we will be a little better tomorrow. Deep down, we love one another, we are compassionate, and we are competitive and strive to be the best. We don’t truly appreciate the “wealth†we have until the time it is scratched at or limited by some external forces. Over all we are strong both mentally and physically – able to endure many stresses on our body and come out stronger from them. This is probably the one truism we absolutely share. But, all said we are a good species. There is more love than hate, more productiveness than destructiveness and more smiles than frowns.
I remember when I was a kid, 12, my best friend Todd and I were all wrapped up in these huge purple snowsuits lying back on deep snow covered hill looking up at the stars in the middle of winter in the upper Midwest right after sunset. Todd asked me if you were knew when you were going to die and it was just a few months away what would you do?.. Because I did not have a wide selection of options to choose from, because I was only 12, I told him; I would go to my grandmothers house In Missoula, MN tell my grandparents how much I love them come back home to be with you and my family and eat a lot of Ice cream, chocolate, lobster, Peeps,.. oh and water my plants more often and pet my cat.
Recently, a doctor at the Mayo Clinic's cardiology department told me I have a terminal lung disease called primary pulmonary hypertension that will get the best of me in about two years. Well, Todd,.. my grandparents are living in a nursing home, I haven’t spoken to you since our big fall-out from you not paying back a loan I made to you in ‘88, because my condition I am unable to get to see my brothers, I haven’t seen my biological father for 16 years, I am lactose intolerant and my plants are on their last roots and my cats dead. To me, sometimes we loose touch of the humor in one’s misfortune.
Now days, sometimes I catch myself looking up at those same stars and think how I wish I could have told that 12 year old version of me of the twists and turns he was about to go through. I would tell him to never lose site that the next day would be better and that you are the only one you can really to count on. Don’t get messes up with religion, don’t drink in excess and take any drugs, don’t focus your time on girls in college, stay focused you on your goals. Don’t be afraid or too proud to ask for help. Trying to fit-in is the most ridicules aspiration one can have. Make a style of your own and live true by it. Don’t worry how people think. And especially, don’t think for them. You will be simply wasting your time. They can think fine by themselves. Know there are millions of people out there around the world who are experiencing the same feelings as you will and they seem to escape unscathed for the most part. When you decide to do something, do it and finish it. You need to work on being organized and having closure on life’s tasks. Don’t get caught-up in trivial bull-shit-matters. The people who do will eventually rely on external problems to make them happy. Why? They begin wakening up I the morning looking for conflict for their happiness. Go to sleep before midnight each and every night. Take time for yourself and get to know you yourself - you are a beautiful person inside. Don’t settle for a run-of-the-mill girlfriend get the next level up because you’re worth it. You will be very successful working with and directing people because people look up to you. You will become a very likable person. People will want to be around you because you are a confident, smart, witty, reliable, trustworthy person. When times seem tough, remember there are more smiles than frowns in this great world. And last, life is extremely short. What we do now really doesn't matter to the grand scheme of life, but you can make your surroundings a little bit more beautiful to live in. Help people as much as time allows. Even that stranger that walks by, (within reason.) Then when time allows, perhaps give it back by setting set up a Bionc account and choose three productive accounts to run. |
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