The Road

Over the past few months, I have had the opportunity to travel from coast to coast for business, pleasure, & other life events. I enjoy traveling, but there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed. Slipping under the fresh sheets & pulling them up to your face so you can smell them. There is a comfort that resonates through me when I do this.

On the flip-side I have had a great deal of time to think about the many different aspects of my life. I greatly value the time I have had to reflect on the things I have been through in the past couple of years, the friends I have come to love & trust, & person I have become. I fully understand that everyone goes through things in their lives & those things shape the person they become, but in the past couple of years I have been through some things that movies are made about. It strikes me as funny that I actually put it in those terms, but it was someone else reflecting the same thought without provocation that led me to label my journey.

It is not that I did not think that the things that were happening were like things that I have seen in movies or read about in books, but I was not sure if others really saw it the same. People who have taken the time to read my posts have asked if I have considered writing a book or something of the sort on a more professional level. I actually have started a book that I have no clue when it will be completed, but I can without bias say that if I were looking from the outside in I would be intrigued. A wise woman once told me that you cannot have a testimony without the first being tested.

So, as I write my testimony on the pages of life constantly seeking to, as Mahatma Gandhi said, "be the change you want to see in the world." I look into others glasses & challenge through my action to step out of the comfort that keeps you from action & try to be that change you want & just see what happens. I was recently greatly surprised by the outpouring of happiness from the time I spent giving out free hugs to try to get people to smile. I could not believe that in a city of over a million people it was the one good thing that happened that day that the news felt was worthy of coverage, & it was far beyond the reach I had imagined I would have for just trying to spread some happiness. It just goes to show that people are looking for goodness & if you just take the time to reflect on the goodness you feel & love that God has put in your life, then you can spread it far beyond the boundaries you may place on yourself. Peace, Love, & Happiness to you all.

Bless You!
Thomas