Ponder This You Philosophical Geniuses

Can you really wake up one morning and decide that you are just going to turn everything around? Can you just decide in one instant that you are going to start over? Can you just make up your mind to "just do it?" I mean...all the self-help books out there SAY that you can. All the motivational speakers out there say "it's never too late!!" or "your life can BEGIN TODAY!" So...what are we waiting for? Why can't we all just wake up every morning and say TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF MY NEW LIFE!!!! It sure does sound good. See, I used to make lists...lots and lots of really good looking lists because I was going to DO things. I even read BOOKS that were filled with lists just because I liked to look at them. Lists made me feel good. Some days, I never did a single thing on my list. But making the list was the part that thrilled me. That's what made me feel like I was doing something. But you can have notebooks filled with To-Do lists and never get anything done. You can plan yourself a great future and still be sitting at your computer desk planning it in 10 years. Sure...it LOOKS great. Sounds great. May even be a GREAT PLAN. But until you get your ever lovin' ass in gear.........ain't nuttin gonna happen baby.

I want to go back to school. I want to write that book that I've been talking about for...oh...forever. I want to make more friends. I want to make some MONEY. I want to travel. I want to go snorkeling. I want to quit smoking. I want to be even CLOSER to my family...ALL of them. I want just a little bit of romance...a little sweepage off my feet. I want someone to tell me every once in a while that I mean something to them. I want to finish decorating my room. I want to start sending people REAL mail...not just email. I want to get off this computer and do something.

So there's a list for you. Some of those things I can get up and do right now...some of them will take a while...and some of them, well...I'll need a little help with. But my whole point is, I do think that we can all kind of "just do it." We can all wipe the slate clean and decide that we are going to just get out there and Git R Done. Maybe not the way that you necessarily want to. Maybe not the way that you had planned. And DEFINITELY not as fast as you want to. But you can get some of that list done if you just put one foot in front of the other instead of standing still.

Oh, and one little thing...if you find that your mouth is running faster than your feet...complaining about every little THING...maybe you should shut up and put some of that energy to good use. Maybe write about it or something. That's always helped me.

Peace out homeys!