My Journey Has Begun.

i've been doing alot of soul-searching lately. it's something i've never really done in the past. the standard deal, "who am i? what am i doing? am i truly happy?" that kinda thing. its amazing what begins to happen when you start to ask yourselves these questions for real and not in passing. things begin to reveal themselves when you truly listen to your heart.

an amazing thing happend to me tonight as i watched michael j. fox on inside the actor's studio (p.s. if you've never watched that show, i highly recommend.) after reliving michael's tv and movie career, the talk of course turned to parkinson's disease. he talked about many things, but one thing he said stuck with me, "I hate absolutes." it was a statement he made in passing, he was actually talking about his education growing up and how he hated math or something to that effect. but that statement hit me hard.

far too many people in this world live purely on black and white. THERE IS INDEED A GRAY AREA. you can tell yourself over and over that there isn't, but look deep, look back, think about things in the past you have done or seen done where you said, of course that happened because it had to. now think back on that same situation and realize there is another truth.

there is an amazing film that i was introduced to a few years ago through my uncle, who has become good friends with the film's maker, a man named Eric Saperston. the film is called The Journey. throughout his journey, Eric meets with the most powerful and influential people in the country. people like, Jimmy Carter, Ann Richards, Henry Winkler, Ken Kesey, Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul) and Jerry Garcia, just to name a few.

i won't get into everything that was said, but the questions Eric posed to these people revolved around their advice to the younger generation on what success truly meant, among other things. now i have seen this film probably over 100 times. its inspiring, but tonight it hit me hard. harder than ever before.

those questions i had been asking myself had even greater meaning. i don't know where i'm headed, but as former Texas Gov. Ann Richards said in the film, "This person, this core of who you are and what your value system is, that's gonna be there no matter what. I'm only gonna be here on this earth a limited period of time and how am I gonna live it. That's all that really matters."

it's time to start living. peace and love to one and all.

check out the journey website and order a copy. i have given this film out as gifts to more people than i can remember and would give it to everyone i met if i could.
http://www.thejourneyfilm.com/index_flash.html