This is it

I'm watching Michael Jackson - perfecting his art, focusing on the things that are so important to him, watching him dig deep to express the energy and the thrill inside him. I am listening to him care about what drives him, what keeps him awake at night. I am feeling the passion, integrity and sheer joy of listening to your dream and following what makes you feel alive!

I know that MJ had his share of demons and that he struggled daily to fit into the world around him. He was awkward and ungainly moving about the world, except when he danced and when he sang. Then he rocked! He was brilliant. He shined.

It strikes me how few people I know who live this way - who give so much of themselves in their daily lives. How many people aren't ready to turn the pages in the chapters of their lives. How many people feel that life should be structured and organized in advance, that life should have been played out and figured out first - before taking the steps? Too many of us wait - wait for the known, wait for some sign, wait for the "once I get the job; once I make enough money; once I find someone to love..."

I know I have that tendency. I yearn to be somewhere, doing something that I'm not, and yet, I haven't taken the steps - I haven't jumped in with both feet. I haven't quite dug as deeply as I need to and let go of the "what ifs and the should bes"... but I am working on it!

I challenge you (and me) to make your life extraordinary. I celebrate you unfurling your sail and seeing where the wind will take you. This is your life, after all! This is it! You can do it.