The American Illusion

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Nothing thrills us anymore, no one kills us anymore.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPBbRCBX6Ow

“What would you attempt do if you knew you would not fail?” – Robert H Schuller

“Don’t die with your music still inside you.” – Wayne Dyer




There is more to you than where you live, what car you drive, what clothes you wear, the way you look, or what people think of you. How much more though?

Whenever you run into someone you haven’t seen a while, the same questions come up. How are you? Before either has a chance to give or listen and respond to an honest answer, if one is even offered, one will interrupt with something profound..Where are you working? And if we have something impressive to say we’ll deliver the information with a smile. If it’s not quite as impressive as one would like, they mumble out something that sounds halfway decent. And they’re both judging each other rather than loving each other.

When I speak to someone (in a possible dating way) I get asked unique questions like, “what do you like to do for fun?”

We are reading a script. We speak these words that perpetuate the same old ideas that we say we’re not like.

Is anyone else bored?

The American Dream is one of illusion. It’s where you live, what car you drive, what clothes you wear, how much money you have, the way you look, and what people think of you.

Life is about who you are, what you choose to do, and who you choose to spend your time with.

Dare to tear up the ordinary scripts. Try things. Figure out what you actually want. Think about genuinely connecting. Care and love just a little bit more. You may surprise yourself with what doors open up for you to receive.




What did you dream to be when you grew up and what are you doing now?

What are you passionate about?

Who are you?

Who do you want to be?