Tell us a good story, please....

It has been a while since I wrote. This has been a cloudy uncertain time in some ways for me. I have been faced with a situation that demands a definite choice to be made. The road has hit a fork, and you have to take one. It is not the easiest time in one's life when you have to choose. In more ways than one, you are lucky to have the choices to make. However, the choice being right or wrong, it is something you know only when it plays out. So, what will you choose and how will you choose? There is a very interesting video available on the internet of an address by Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon.com. He tells the young Princeton graduates starting out in their careers that life is not about the talent one has. He says life is about the choices you make. And he is right on the money when he says that. What you become is what you choose to become. You are the author of your own life story and you have the opportunity to tell a good story. So, tell us a good story, please....

This is a simple theory that I think helps you evaluate the choices you make. Think of your life as a story and then decide how you would like that story to read. Is it a story of adventure or one of cowardice? Is it a story of faith or is it one of betrayal? Is it a story of love or is it one of hatred? First of all, be honest to yourself and choose your story, not someone else's. It is your life, not someone else's. It is your dream, not someone else's. Follow your dream, don't fear the uncertainty, ask more of yourself and your life. It is your story and you better make it a good story. Paulo Coelho says this beautifully in his book "The Pilgrimage". He says " Because we don't want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think of ourselves as wise and fair and correct in asking so little of life. We look beyond the walls of our day to day existence, and we hear the sound of the lances breaking, we smell the dust and the sweat, and we see the great defeats and the fire in the eyes of the warriors. But we never see the delight, the immense delight in the hearts of those engaged in the battle. For them, neither victory nor defeat is important, what's important is only that they are fighting the Good Fight."

Tell us a good story, please.... There are examples that one can find without looking too far. I recently read a book called "Fresh Brew" which has stories of many classmates and friends who chose to do something different and follow their big dream. I know of many friends who still don't have a book written on them as yet, but certainly have shown the courage to lead the full life. If they can make a good story, so can you.....script it now. Follow your big dream. Lead your full life. Fight the good fight. And, tell us a good story, please.....