It all started because I watched the documentary Long Way Round and thought it would be cool to ride with my friends to exotic places.
That is it. It wasn’t a grand thought. It didn’t take a long time to come up with. It just appeared and I let the seed embed itself in my mind.
The following day I got in touch with my good friend Nault to talk to him about this idea. I pretty much assumed he would laugh and dismiss any notion of continuing this farce. He didn’t. Instead, he started to get as excited as I was about the prospect of doing something spectacular.
We tossed out a few destinations and potential trip ideas before finally coming up with Alaska to Panama. Now this still seemed way out of reach. I mean, I didn’t even have a bike. It didn’t matter. We were on our way to taking care of the first part of a trip like this…cultivating a passion. If you allow yourself to get excited about an idea and follow it, great things can happen for you. What we see from so many people is the initial idea and then a thousand reasons why they shouldn’t or couldn’t do it. The alternative we should be embracing is to have the idea and enjoy it for a bit. Let it settle in without any interference to see how it works to engage your soul. If it inspires you, then you can start moving forward with all the reasons to say yes instead of any of the reasons to say no.
Saying no is a simple and weak act. It does not allow you to grow. It does not make you stronger. It only limits you and drains your motivation. Find a way to say yes when your passionate about an idea even if it seems completely insane initially. It is through this beginning courageous act you will become someone living instead of someone living vicariously. Own your own life.
Knowing all of this, I could not sit out this idea. I had to do something and I wanted to start right away. Detailed in this blog will be the steps I take to make this specific dream a stone cold reality. It will be tangible and vivid and revolutionary. You will be able to see it all right here if you subscribe.
Now please understand, I am no different than you. I have a job I enjoy. I have a wife and a young son who need me. My family thinks me a little mad for considering this. My friends discount my goal as pie in the sky dreams. I am sure they may even be some readers here that consider me a fool for pursuing a big hairy audacious goal like this. The good news is I can still choose to move forward against all other opinions and so can you.
Find your goal. Seek out that dream. Pursue your passion. Once you have it, do not under any circumstances let anyone back you off of it. Today seems like a good day to start.