Nobody Will Listen Anyways

These gas prices suck!  People are trying to take our houses!  Taxes are sooo high!  The politicians are all liars.  "So why don't you do something about it?"  I ask.  "Oh...I don't say anything because no one will listen."  That's what it has come down to.  That's what most people knowingly or not, have been reduced to.  A powerless voiceless insignificant speck.  That makes me sad.  But the good news is they are all wrong!

I am convinced that if enough people, make enough noise, for long enough, our elected officials will listen.  They will listen because they won't have a choice but to listen.  Each of us has unimaginable power, and the key to unlocking that power is our belief that we do indeed have it.  

The changes that Martin Luther King helped to bring about were impossible.  The changes that Gandhi helped bring about were impossible.  The independence those rebels won from the mighty British empire that led to the United States of America was impossible.  It's a good thing these revolutionaries didn't care much for 'common sense'.  

We have a choice here in America.  We can be victims and let the crappy economy and uncaring politicians crush our spirit.  Or, we can stand up and defy convention.  We can tap into the awesome power that lies dormant in each and every one of us.  However, if you honestly believe that there is nothing we can do about the state of our nation and the quality of our lives, then you are right.  You are right by choice.  

As for me...I'm going to make another choice.  A choice that respects the power I know resides inside of me.  I am going to make a choice that will not let me give my power away to high gas prices, high food costs, a slow economy, John McCain, or Barack Obama.  The only limitation to what I can do is my vivid imagination.  Trust me on this one...that means there are no limits.

Stay Fly and Fly High!

KLH

Excuse Me While I Kiss The Sky

Yep...even though I still have my struggles...I am walking on clouds.  Why you might ask?  Because I set a goal for myself that was a little bit of a stretch, and I achieved that goal.  A couple of times I thought I might bale, but the bigger, better, and  greater part of me decided that I must press on...and press on I did.

I once heard Russell Simmons,  a very successful man, say that people don't usually fail they simply quit.  I might add that there are a lot of talented people (and a lot more people who could be talented) who don't lack ability they lack stamina.  The universe knows the difference between wishful thinking and dedication.  Dedication will make you stay up late at night, in a hot studio working on songs.  Dedication will make you call those last twenty names on your list.  Dedication will make you do things wishful thinkers will not do...and the universe knows the difference.

Success really is fairly simple.  If you do enough of the right things you will succeed.  Many of us know the right things, we just fail to do them enough.  We can know we have done enough when success is the result.  How long do you try?  You try until it's done.  

In the meantime I want to tell you the necessary building blocks are small victories.  If you put enough of them together you will achieve wonderful things.  More importantly you will feel good about yourself.  When you feel good about yourself it will give you the energy you need to go a little further.  The further you go the closer ultimate victory is.  

So, I am a couple of steps closer, and I must say it feels really good to say I'm going to do something that matters to me, and then get it done.  I can get use to feeling this high...so high I can kiss the sky.  Come on up and join me...it's beautiful up here.

Stay Fly and Fly High!

KLH