Almost exactly a year ago I was sitting down by Cedar lake by myself. The night before I heard the name Anthony Robbins. I recognized the name from the movie Shallow Hal and from some other movie. Even though his role in Shallow Hal was very short. His presence, posture, and tone of voice stuck in my mind. This guy was more then just an actor. I finally downloaded some of his audio tapes and found out he was a motivational speaker. At first I just thought he was just a random motivational speaker. As I did more research on him and what he accomplished. His character started to paint an even clearer vision of what this guy was really about.
Back to me being alone at Cedar Lake. As I said, I downloaded his audio tapes the night before. As I started my walk to Lake Miller (which is owned by the mine), I started to listen to Anthony. At first his presentation seemed a little corny. That didn't deter me, I was willing to give this guy a chance. His voice grew on me. What he said started to make sense at a very deep level. Halfway through his audio tape (which was 90 minutes long) I started to ask questions that would forever change my perspective on life.
I turned the tape of as I was perched on side of a rock ledge while looking out onto miller lake. It wsa a clear blue sky with the sun about a quarter way up into the sky slightly to my right. The air increasing getting warmer with no signs of cooling. The fishing wasn't going to well, so I decided to sit in this canvas of life. I began to realize that I was living other peoples dreams. That if I were to go work for someone the rest of my life. I would be working in someone else's reality.
I began to get sad. All my family and countless people I care about work there asses off. They only get to live life a few moments. I asked the questions, "How can I change this? What do I have to do? Is it even possible?" I sat continued on my journey of fishing since my Ipod ran out of battery power. All I could do was think about those questions.
I got back to my Green Sports Jeep and plugged my Ipod into the cigarette lighter. With excitement I turned on Anthony. This time there was no doubt in, "Is this guy for real?" At this moment, I really didn't care anymore if he was full of bullshit. To me, it was the first time anyone believed in me. Even though he himself doesn't have a clue I exist, it didn't matter. I heard the worlds and that's all I needed to hear. He didn't have to prove anything. It didn't, all that mattered was I wanted to be more. I wanted a life that only a few ever get to witness. (I want to point out this tape was not motivated towards becoming rich) He gave me some basic questions and guidelines to ask myself. These guidelines made me realize it's my choice where I want to go in life. All I need is a dream and I had plenty of those :) That's one resource my mind pours out willingly. I can sit and daydream all day. I can totally entertain myself inside my head. This isn't necessarily a good thing. A lot of people dream and do nothing. Anthony's words just made me realize that my dreams are not hopeless. On that day I told myself I am going to make my dreams a reality. I will do whatever it takes.
I will continue on with this story on another entry. This is getting to long for my taste. You will just have to wait and see what happened over the past year on my Journey.
Till then
ta ta
P.S. I am officially hired at American now :) That will be my next entry.
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