Who am I...

We all ask that of ourselves at one time or another.  Sometimes we define ourselves by what we do.  Other times we are told who we are or who we should be. 

We are who we are, we are not defined by what we have or what we don't.  But by what is in our hearts.  But if we keep our hearts locked up then no one will ever know who we are. 

You have to care about yourself before you could expect anyone else to care about you.  Now I know, how are we suppose to do that if we are surrounded by the negativity of the world.  It is a choice we have to make, a choice to be a change, not only in your lil world but the world around you.  You see everything has to start somewhere.  Why not start from within.  Don't wait for someone else to do something that may affect your life.  We need to take action in our own lives if we expect something to change.  One step in a new direction could start a chain reaction in your life that could surprise you.

Our past  doesn't define who we will be, every day we change a bit.  It is what we do with each day that counts.  Uhmm... this goes back to something I learned just a short 11 months ago when I started DDPYoga.... "Live Life at 90%".  I know I have said it a lot over the last 11 months, but it has helped me thru more times than I can count.

So who am I?

Am I the boy I was growing up in Ohio, oldest of 4, playing baseball, growing up in Scouting?  Am I the teenager living in Texas, learning to drive, continuing in Scouts, Marching with the band going to church camps, the kid who got his first job at Kroger and pushed his way to where he wanted to be.  Am I the young man who left home and joined the Navy at 18 to see the world?  Am I that sailor that worked to do the best that I could, driven to be the best he could be?  Am I the man that works to get somewhere still striving to be the best at what he does?  Am I a guy that let his health get away from him because he was too busy trying to do what he could for a career?  Am I the guy that finally said enough is enough and took a leap of faith on a program (DDPYoga, created by a wrestler, DDP, that I use to watch on TV) to make a change in his life, and decided to take ownership of his life?

You see I am just a guy, a son, a brother, a uncle, a friend, a guy on a journey.  My journey may be similar or it may be completely different than yours.  But in the end we are all on Life's Journey.  No two are the same and our paths may be going in completely different directions, but they do cross from time to time.  But we need to be able to give ourselves permission to heal, learning to accept mistakes made in our past and cherish the accomplishments we have made.  Thus giving ourselves the opportunity for joy, health, healing and harmony in our lives.

So who am I? 

Well there is no definition for that just yet, my journey continues every day, and I will continue to work on being the best I can be.  Will I stumble along the way, sure we all do.  But I will pick myself up and continue to move forward.  Am I alone on this journey, NO.  We are never alone, though sometime it may seem that way, there are always people that are there to lend support, if you are willing to reach out when you need a hand.  The past is our history, and my past good or bad will not define who I am, as I will continue to work on that everyday.  I have a plan, and I have destinations of where I plan on going, but the only way for any of us to get to where we want to go is to put in the work, the work of Owning Our Lives.

Believe in what you are doing, have a plan of where you want to be, and put that plan in action. 

Who knows where you will end up and who you might be in the end. 

It's up to you and what you do.