5 DAYS TILL 55

 5 DAYS TILL 55. 

WOW. HOW THE HELL ARE WE HERE SO FAST.

It is so hard to believe that I am days away from being 55 YEARS OLD. 

Time goes REALLY, REALLY FAST.

It is INSANE. 

Lesson. LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

We get to decide for OURSELVES. Live life UNAPOLOGETICALLY. BE KIND. BE GRATEFUL FOR THE JOURNEY. 

What I have learned in 55 years is that we are only here for a short amount of time in the BIG PICTURE. 

Living Life any other way than what your heart desires is a TRAGEDY.

For me the only way I have been able to do life is on MY OWN TERMS for the most part. 

We must find a way to be PASSIONATE about the LIVES WE ARE LIVING.

For years I have said the more time Joe(ME) has for Joe, the HAPPIER JOE IS AND EVERYONE ELSE AS WELL.

I was a person who never wanted initials or a title after my name. I just never wanted the RESPONSIBILITY to have to look after anyone other than MYSELF. 

I wanted to create a life that I can DO WHAT I WANTED TO DO. WHEN I WANTED TO DO IT.

My journey like most of us has been filled with obstacles, challenges  and sacrifices. IT IS PART OF LIFE. 

There have been times, years for that matter that due to bad choices that I have made the journey and struggles may have more difficult than they needed to be. PERHAPS? 

But I also believe whatever OBSTACLES or CHALLENGES we go through were meant for us as LESSONS to make us the COMPLEX, IMPERFECTLY, PERFECT WORKS OF PROGRESS THAT WE ARE. 

We must EMBRACE IT ALL.

In my time here on this journey, I have had the good fortune of realizing at a very young age due to all of the loss of life that I was witness to and BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. 

I knew that we can always make money during our time here. The one thing that is truly PRECIOUS is the TIME we will be here. 

WE OWN IT TO OURSELVES TO CREATE A LIFE THAT WE WANT TO LIVE THAT FILLS OUR SOULS. 

Not only that. But to be of SERVICE and BE PRESENT and to lift others UP. 

WE ALSO NEED TO BE WILLING TO ALWAYS BE LEARNING & OPENING OUR HEARST AND MINDS to things and people who are different that US. 

BY DOING THIS OUR LIVES WILL BE ENRICHED TO A LEVEL YOU WILL NOT UNDERSTAND UNTIL YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE WITH AN OPEN HEART.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY JOURNEY. ALL OF IT. 

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO HAS JOURNEYED WITH ME. DOES NOT MATTER IF IT WAS FOR A MINUTE OR FOR MY WHOLE JOURNEY SO FAR. 

I WISH YOU ALL JOY, HAPPINESS, LOVE, HEALTH & ABUNDANCE.

This year was one for the books. It was probably one of my more difficult ones thus far. 

NO SURPRISE. I am sure many would say the same thing. But it did give us the time weather we were conscience or not the time to go inside and reflect, contemplate how we would like to move forward as we enter this new normal we collectively would like to live. 

JUST LIVE. LIVE LIFE NOW. 

FIND WHATEVER GROUNDS YOU AND GO FOR THE LIFE YOU WANT. 

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.