Everyone always has that one neighbor that they
will never forget. You know, the one who you can get caught in a conversation
with and lose the hours-sometimes not by choice, the one who is always the
first to greet you, or the one who seems to have that one friend that you feel
is just a little different than the rest. My neighbor was Brad, and that one
friend turned out to be the love of my life, Adam.
Now let’s back track…
As a whole, I feel our society always looks at
those reaching for the stars or trying to live their dream as a little “crazy”
in a sense. We think they aren’t “focused” or we think they may not have enough
“drive”. What really is crazy? Is crazy living the 9 to 5? Is it waking up
every day doing the same routine just because this is what you have learned
actually IS the norm?
I think crazy is doing just that: living the way
we have learned is normal and what society has told us to do after we go to school
or graduate college. I lived that life and I can tell you it isn’t satisfying-
for me at least. It may be for many, but the routine and structure didn’t
provide what I was looking for. Graduating college, buying a house, living 15
minutes from home. That may be comfortable for some people, but it wasn’t what
made me happy.
Having said that- chances take guts.
I was the normal. I was structure. I was safe.
This person was my opposite. Adam was that one
person who lived the life he wanted to, knowing just how important life was.
Being a Marine and having two deployments to Iraq, Adam knew what it meant to
love the life you live, and he has shown me just that.
What IS stopping you? You have the power to do
exactly what you want. It may not be comfortable or the norm- but if anything
is holding you back, it’s you.
I looked at my dream and decided to follow it-
when do you find your soul mate who has the same dreams and aspirations to live
like you do?
I was ready to live. I sold my house, we booked
the tickets- and started to plan the dream.
What may be a dream to many is a reality to us.
New Zealand, we’re coming for you.
January 8, 2014.
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| Summit of Cadillac Mountain; Bar Harbor, Maine 2013 |
