It’s All Gonna Be Okay

  • By Deane Ogden
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creativity

    I had a pretty sizeable (and awesome) post planned for this morning to start the week, but when I got up and out of bed, got showered, and began thinking ahead to the rest of my week, it dawned on me how great it is to be doing what you love, with people you adore, working on things that, when released, are going to bring other people a lot of joy and smiles, and loving every damned minute of all of it.

    A comparative list started running through my mind about all the things that COULD be going wrong... but aren't. I know. Usually it's the other way around—we tend to think about all the things that should be working out, sans kinks, but aren't, for some god-awful reason. That's the more frequent thought, isn't it?

    But not today. This day—this M-o-n-day—let's focus on the positives. You're alive, you're loved, you're able to create, and you're aware that you can do whatever it is that you really want to do today.

    I realize all that and more for myself today. It's that awareness—the awareness that I can do what I want with my own two hands and my brain—that excites me to get up, get out there, and kick lovin' ass. I've been to both extreme ends of the success spectrum and I've seen what there is to see looking down from each of those cliffs. It's no big mystery, folks. It's not some bright shiny pot of gold on one end and a dark abyss of failure on the other. You know what's there? On both sides? Another day. That's it. Another chance to change the world.

    Here's how I know this is true:

    1. I've been sick, I've been healthy.
    2. I've been poor, I've been wealthy.
    3. I've been on top of the world, I've been at the lowest rung of the ladder possible.
    4. I've been strong in a room, I've been so weak in the room that I lost the gig.
    5. I've been the last one taken, I've been the first one pitched.
    6. I've been screwed over, I've been taken care of and valued.
    7. I've been paid, I've been stiffed.
    8. I've been promised much, I've been let down a lot.
    9. I've been promised much, I've been happily surprised.
    10. I've been the last choice, I've been the only choice, and I've been the first choice.
    11. I've been married, I've been divorced.
    12. I've been the talk of the town, I've been the punchline.
    13. I've lost friends, I've gained friends.
    14. I've been told I was full of shit, and people have taken my advice into war and killed giants with it.
    15. I've hurt a few people, I've made amends to many people.
    16. I've been tough on myself, I've been good to myself.
    17. I've loved without reason, I've left without reason.
    18. I've been a generous giver, I've been a frightened hoarder.
    19. I've been rejected as a loser, I've been picked as the winner.
    20. I've been asked to not return, I've been begged to return.

    And guess what? I'm still here... and you will be too. Tomorrow is just another day to do something awesome.

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