3 things I saw
But first let me say, it is now July 7 and I'm still finding success in my first month of the second half of the year resolution.
Last week I saw a man at 7-11 purchase a 99 cent bag of Cheetos...mmm, Cheetos. What I found blog worthy, was his addition of nacho cheese to his Cheetos. That's right, he opened up the bag and placed it under the nacho cheese "thing" and let the cheese fill the bag. Does this sound good to anyone?
Ali and I got to see one of our Nephews this past weekend. Kaleo is Ali's brother Matt's son. 
He is an incredible kid and we cherish the brief and rare moments we get to spend with him. Before we moved to San Diego, and before Matt and his family moved to Texas, we all lived in Reno. Baby sitting Kaleo, aka chubba d, was some of favorite times. We used to hold him and tell him how much we loved him...something I got to do again on Saturday.
And I saw a rather large crowd of Santa Fe-ans gather for Ali's grandfather's memorial service. It really was a celebration of life. The thing about funerals, no matter what kind of life you lived, people will find the positives to reflect on. This was not hard to do for the many people gathered. Grandfather had his faults for sure, but he is loved and remembered as a moral person, a generous person, an innovative person, a successful person and someone who inspires others to chase their dreams person.
Cheeto man disgusted me. Kaleo made me happy. But it was seeing the life of grandfather through the eyes and lives of others that captivated me.
On Sunday, Matt (Ali's brother, Kaleo's dad) and I were talking after reflecting on Grandfathers accomplishments. Matt simply said, "it makes me feel like I haven't done anything." To which I replied in my mind, "well what are you waiting for."
Is there something you really want to be about? Something you want to do? Something really worth living for?...that you have yet to begin, or have given up on?
You can tell me about it in the comments here, or you can resolve to get after it. Or maybe do both.
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12:00 AM
Yes. (Do I have to tell you what it is?) Sigh - there are several things.
Finish school.
Make more music. In more places.
Build a career around something I love and get out of the office world.
There is a lot of fear associated with those things though. Financial fear, am-I-good-enough fear. Other fears. It's good to be inspired by others, but I think there's a difference between inspiration and motivation. Lots of things can inspire but don't necessarily lead to action. But things that motivate lead inevitably to action. I guess I just haven't yet found the motivator that outweighs the fear.
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