Whatever your hand finds to do,
do it with your might...
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Tonight I was reading an interview in AARP the Magazine with Kenny Loggins - master musician and longtime rocker. He was a star in his 20's, with a long string of hits (12 platinum albums). Now, at age 64, you would think that he would be sitting back with his feet on the coffee table, taking it easy. Instead, he has launched a new band - the Blue Sky Riders, who have just released their first album, Finally Home.
When asked what advice he had for other people his age, he said:
The head and heart are almost always in disagreement.
The head wants to play it safe; the heart wants
to jump in. I've taught my head to serve my heart,
so when I get a crazy intuitive idea, my brain's job
is to figure out how to achieve that goal,
not scare me off with reasons why it's impossible.
All dreams are impossible until proven otherwise.
Those words really struck home with me. I am the queen of nay-sayers to my own ideas. I have all kinds of things that I would love to put my hand to, but before my heart can really kick into gear, my head has unloaded all of the reasons why the idea won't work. I am, in a word, my own chief "discourage-er."
The interviewer closed with this question: "What's been your best moment in life so far?" Mr. Loggins' answer is one that I want to carry with me as a motto for my life in 2013:
I like to think that the best times are yet to come.
By living in gratitude and believing in everyday miracles,
I stay open to magic in my life.
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