Living life in the moment......cliche or reality?

Hundreds of books have been written about Swinging. Shit, this is another blog about it. No, I'm not some self proclaimed expert, but I can say for a fact that I'm currently living life in the moment, and every day is another amazing experience. What was the catalyst that got me off my ass and into the game? It was meeting a couple recently that I've talked about a little in these posts. Sometimes in life you meet certain people at particular times. I'm not suggesting this is some cosmic event, nor was it some spiritual juxtaposition of four peoples lives. Oddly, the right personalities meshed at the opportune time, and for me it has been an awakening.

To be honest, readers, I have been going nowhere the last few years. I've lived my life in a self designed shell. Almost like the famous John Travolta movie, "The Boy in the Bubble." I've had a few major breakthroughs in my life, like when I asked my wife to marry me despite a number of obstacles that stood in our way, or the moments when I held my newborn daughter and sons. These special moments imprinted in my brain made me feel and appreciate that I was alive. Unfortunately, I then returned to the mental box that I've created for my life. It's safe there. I'm never to blame; if good things, happen it's because I deserve it, if bad things happen, it's really not my fault. My decision to change began almost two weeks ago in Las Vegas. It wasn't some burning figure with angels zipping around his head. It wasn't some revelation I received after ingesting too much peyote. No, it came from the conversation and special moment I had with a friend.

My decision to fucking take on the world was not created or forced by anyone, but I will admit that a certain special someone sparked a small flame that I've fanned into a fire. After a blissful weekend with our new friends, I realized a number of important things in my life, one thing being that there is no predetermined future. The future depends on what you do in the present. It's funny, most people don't change due to some intervention with love ones. Change often comes from interaction and realizing that the status quo is not acceptable.

In other words, you want to be rich and successful in the future? You need to focus on being rich and successful NOW! I'm not speaking of results, I'm stating you need to be a success in your mind! Think about it for a second, how many times have we thought about what we'll do in the future, and we end up someplace completely different? It's not fate. It's not some mysterious force from heaven or nasty devil that mucks it up for us. It's because we are so focused on WHAT happened in our life, and WHERE we should be, that we don't look at the HERE or the now. What keeps us from ACTION is what keeps us from that future we desire, or those goals we wish to accomplish.

Oh, one last thing my friends. When you do REALLY decide to Live it all out, Holy shit!! I mean Holy SHIT!! It's one of the most exciting and ALIVE moments you will ever have in your life. I will be honest though, with the incredible highs there can be some amazing lows. Don't get off the ride if you feel yourself getting too low. Hopefully you will have some incredible people in your life as well if this moment happens to you.