Free...............

Nothing in life is free.......unless you steal it. Okay..that was a little Tuesday sarcasm. This blog is NOT advocating shoplifting. Not one thing in your life is free. Think about it. Now that you've thought for a second, turn away from the materialistic things you were contemplating, and let's delve somewhat deeper. Emotional freedom......it's not illusive. No matter what you do, you invest emotionally. Take a new job......you're invested. Make a friend....invested. Begin a new life whether by moving, marriage...invested. Cultivate any of the above.......deeply invested. So I think my point is this. You HAVE to put yourself out there........be vulnerable, open doors of emotion, be willing to be not only loved, but also hurt if you are to truly have a well lived life. Find your spot. And then invest your emotions. Dig deeper into whatever and whomever truly means something to you. You have a passion...we all do. Stop shaking your head....if you don't know your passion, then you have been to lazy, blind or afraid to find it. And that, my friend, is sad. I think as we age..cough cough.....we begin to realize that we owe ourselves the effort to believe in what we do, whatever it may be. Don't isolate yourself to the point of being one lonely little twig. Be a tree with branches of passion in which you have invested , fertilized and then I HOPE, with amazement, have watched grow. No matter your age...what a treat you have in front of you. How wonderful to live. Don't be afraid. Don't be careless with this life. It's not free, but o my, the price tag, no matter how high, brings such joy. My hope is that your emotional bank account is not empty nor overdrawn, but brimming to the top. No matter what the emotion, it means you have lived, you have stepped out and up and involved. Nothing is free......don't expect it nor accept it. Happy Tuesday Guys and Dolls.