It was almost like a song!!

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They say that life often imitates art, or is it art imitating life? Whatever it is, inside each of us is a song, a picture, a book, or maybe even a sculpture of something never seen before.  The key to any endeavor is beginning the endeavor.  The key to anything great is to simply start something.  The key to life is realizing that there is in fact a song inside each of us and the sooner you let that song out the sooner the world can benefit from what you have to share.

I was trying to convey a thought to someone the other day.  My thoughts were somewhat scattered as it was one of those crazy non-stop days where you hardly had the time to take a breath let alone have any time to just put your feet up and relax.  During this discussion I began to wonder about all the people who have dreams and desires and yet they never seem to achieve any of them.  What about the ones who never get out of the starting blocks, don't they still have dreams and ideas?  I then had this crazy thought about where do all the dreams and ideas go that never get played out in life?  I mean an idea or dream is just as real as you and I, and if you believe that then you must also believe that they, the ideas and dreams, have got to end up somewhere, don't they?

Somewhere out there is the Island of Misfit Toys.  I wonder, is there is an island out there that houses all the unfulfilled dreams and ideas of others?  I wonder if there is a place where all dreams and ideas go to die because no one wanted to deal with them down here on this plane of existence.  How many dreams or ideas have you left untouched and where do you think they ended up?

My encouragement to you today is simply this:  write and sing your own song.  The uniqueness and beauty of each person is so deserving of having a song written about them.  We each have traits and qualities that surpass beauty, that transcends time and space, that places us in the center of the Universe, and that makes us who and what we are.  There are people all around who like to diminish others.  There are people all around who take great pride in making others feel inferior.  There are even people out there who feel the world owes them something simply because of their pedigree.  Here is a simple truth, that when applied to all equally, will change how you see and do things:  we are all equal.

We have allowed society to tell us who is and who isn't part of the norm.  We have allowed others to put us in a box or limit us.  We have even allowed others to label us, and more often then not the label is wrong, the people doing the labeling are wrong, and the world suffers because the real you has not been able to get out there and show the rest world your real stuff.  There is nothing worse then never having the opportunity to be the real you.  There is nothing worse then having someone always tell you "No" or "Not Yet", or even "This isn't for you."  Trust me, I have spent many a day wondering why I didn't seem to fit in, and when would I ever feel as though I fit in.  Just because someone may move to the beat of a different drum does not mean they should be treated differently.  We need to go back to the simple truth that we are all equal.

I go back to the premise that we all have a song inside just waiting to come out.  There is nothing worse then something that should have been, but never got started.  There is nothing worse then having it all and never realizing You had it all in the first place.  If you have dreams, then go after them.  If you have ideas, then hold on to them.  If you have a song, then sing it out and don't worry what others may say or think.  I've kicked myself in the pants for missing opportunities.  I've questioned why I think a certain way and then wondered if I was the only person on the planet that felt the way I felt.  When you isolate yourself from the rest of the population you are only harming others because they need what you have, even if you aren't sure what you have at this moment.  Dreams and Ideas are inside of you for a reason, and the sooner you begin to write your song, the sooner the rest of this world can listen and fall in love with that you have to say.

When you look back at your life do you want to think about all the things that could have been or do you want to look back and know that you did it all.  It may have been almost like a song, but that only has to be that way if you let it.  Saying "almost" , or "it might have been" is nothing more then giving up when all you should be doing is digging in and holding true to what you know is just waiting to come out for all to see.

Today is your day to put the past behind you and walk in those things that you know are for you, and once you accept that, then you can share with the rest of the world the best part of you.  Your song is who and what you are.  Your song is why you are here.  Your song is what will change the world.  It's time to sing, and no matter what it sounds like you can rest assured that what you create will be in the perfection of the universe.  Sing my little song birds, and watch as the world begins to sing a-long with you, in perfect harmony.