Daily Mood Quote

Daily Mood Quote

Day 76 – July 18, 2011

“I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verses and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life.  It never crossed my mind that, that person could be me..”

~Anna Quindlen

I like this quote because it reminds me that everyone has the ability to be the wonderful person they need in their life. The great thing is we don't have to wait for someone else to figure it out. We just need to accept the greatness in ourselves and step out of our self-manufactured darkness and into the light. Sometimes, I forget this.

It is so easy to just want to give up on ourselves, especially when someone lets you down. That's the problem, we think that someone, pick anyone, is responsible for our successes or failures, our happiness, our troubles and our self-worth. Our western culture is built that way and in many cases this point-of-view has been past down from generation to generation, to generation. It is always “those people” and never “us.” It doesn't matter how rich, gifted or talented you are, or poor and uneducated, we seem to blame others for, or expect others to change, our lives. If you think I'm kidding, just look at what has happened in the NFL this year, between the players and the owners. They are fabulously wealthy on both sides of the table, gifted beyond all imagination and college educated. Yet, each side points fingers and blames the others for their problems. “Woe is me!! I'm being held down, held back, and held on the line of scrimmage.” All because they want to believe someone else is responsible for their problems. Yet in a moment's notice they will take credit for their success and happily pick the fan's pockets for every last dime.

Don't get me wrong, I love pro football and look forward to the season every year. I just can't stand to watch grown men whine about money, when they are already ridiculously wealthy. Tens of millions of people in this country are unemployed, struggling to pay their bills and to put food on the table. Still, these guys remain completely out of touch with that reality, just like Congress. (Whoops, said that out loud again, didn't I?) Well anyway, with that off my chest, the point is we are the masters of our destiny and the future is unwritten. We are the “someone” that is required to transform our own lives.

In the movie Heart and Souls, with Robert Downey, Jr. (Thomas), Kyra Sedgwick (Julia), Tom Sizemore (Milo), and Charles Grodin (Harrison), Thomas said to Harrison, “No offense, Harrison, But you died a failure because you never tried.” We are at the start of a new week, lets change our lives by stepping out of our self-imposed darkness, “try”, and be the “someone” that makes the difference in your life.

Will you be that transformational someone that changes your life?

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Thank you for reading

(The second “F” in the series will be released on Sunday, July 24)