Tim's Domain

When I hear that we as a nation can’t do something because of the cost or how difficult it is I wonder what our ancestors would think of us.  Our ancestors who pushed threw the forest to build our nation and those who innovation lead to the comfortable lifestyle we have now.  Those who built the bridges, interstates, and other things that we take for granted.  Would they like what they see or be ashamed that we have become a people who make an excuse to live off the successes of the past.

What happened to us?

Just before 6am est the last Space Shuttle mission landed at the Kennedy Space Center.  What comes after it no one knows.  As of today the United States of America is out of the space race.

I am like most people my age. I have a past. Like most people there are things in my life that I am not proud of. There was for me a time when I was lost. I didn’t have confidence in myself which lead to a period of stagnation. This period ended when I realized a few things about myself. One was that I can’t do anything about the past. Two was that everything that I have ever done in my life, the good, the bad and the ugly do matter. All the things in your life lead up to where you are now.

Success in my life came when I applied these lessons. Overnight I was successful and my life and career started to grow. The years that came after those lost times were good. I even found out that the plans I had for myself no longer applied so I changed direction. Everything was going good and then it all of a sudden came to a searching halt. This didn’t just happen to me. It ended up happening to everybody. It was what everybody called the economic recession.

What made it bad for me was that I was ready to take the next step in my career. That was no longer possible because no one was hiring anymore. My salvation was that I have been able to keep my job that helped me change my destiny. Like many others fear set in and I became a little afraid of taking chances to move forward. I was worried that the options that have been available would lead to loosing everything that I had accomplished.

A few months ago I realized that my fears were holding me back. The only thing that I would loose by taking some risk to move forward are the material things like my home, car, etc. I learned that fear took away my courage, confidence in myself and everything in me that makes me the successful person I have been. In other words I was worried I was going to revert to an earlier version of myself. Those fears were foolish because all the experiences in my life can never be taken away. Since I let go of my fears all the possibilities for the next step in my future have presented themselves. There is still a little more work to be done before I can celebrate but I know now I am about there.

The lesion is don’t give into fear. It can take away all the good things you have inside you. Don’t be afraid to take the risk needed to accomplish your goals. If your goals are good and just they are worth it. I also messed things up last year with a very special woman for the same reason. I do hope she give me another chance.

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In the four short months of this year a lot has happened. We have a war in Libya, high oil prices, and a disaster in Japan. For myself I have been keeping busy working on my future and it’s nice to say I have been making some progress. I have completed everything that can be done at my current job and I am now waiting for what is to come. I do have multiple leads but for the most part they are being delayed due to the high oil prices. I do feel that the prices like the last time will go down but when is the big question. Unlike other years I am down to the wire when it comes to making a career move. The move needs to happen this year because there is no more time left were I am at. You may thing this would worry me but it doesn’t. I have been faced with deadlines before and this is no different.

Most people say that they get things done at the last possible moment. I am asking myself why that seems to be the case. Is it that God likes to push us to the limit or is it that we try the hardest when time is short.

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For those of you who know me in the real world I have spend this year looking for my next opportunity. The search has forced me to look at things in a whole new way. I have found that in order to move forward I need to accept change. Change is something that in may ways I embrassed but what was unexpected is how much my next opportunity will be different from all my past ones.

Life in many ways is going to change once I move on. I will be able to do many of things that I have been planning on doing. Right now I feel like I am at a crossroads. Standing at the intersection waiting for the green light.

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