Inspired

Hello dear friends...

The change to summer has got me really thinking about what I want to do with my life - I mean what I really want to do with my life... I have some dear friends with whom I communicate with and who have been an endless source of inspiration ... and new and dear friends whom I have recently met who have also been a big source of support, love, guidance and caring for the things that really matter in ones life...

I was reading Steve Job's speech and realized that I have come to this conclusion over and over again ... and that is that we don't have enough real leaders in the world... and it is so rewarding to see that the real value of life is NOT in the achievement of lofty goals ... higher education, STATUS or some such things, but rather in the realization of who we really are ... and for most of us death can lead us to that understanding quickly ... as Jobs put it.

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent."

I guess one of the most moving things about his speech is that he did not emphasize the achievement of getting somewhere but he emphasized the importance of Intuition and following your heart. He went on to say...

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."...

I wish I could have been in that room when this speech happened... it must have been amazing... I also have met some people in my life that have been very affected by people who really believed in what they were doing ... I met Lynne Twist last year - she felt to me - very authentic and sincere ... and all the work she has done and continues to do... She told the group I was with that she was deeply affected by a speech she heard Buckminster Fuller give once and it changed her life... I was talking with a friend not too long ago and this I feel is what we are missing in a sense... real leaders in this world ... and who knows maybe we are coming into that era of some of these people really becoming leaders that inspire. Interesting how when one who can be heard by so many people, when they say something ... all the attention goes to the object of what they are saying ... but really the beauty of it all is that it should be directed towards our inner growth and unravelling of what we really are ...

I feel like my life has led me to believe in the BELIEVE aspects of life - you know the things (and this part is hard for me to describe .. my words fall short of the expression inside... and as I like to say ...

"All deep understanding, knowledge, and awareness ... leads to silence"

So pardon me if I may fall silent at this point )... or as my friend Raam once said ...

"The seeking of highs leads to the knowing of real"...

But that we are so often moved by people who inspire but yet we fall short of being or living that inspiration ourselves..

I invite you today to challenge yourself to find that which inspires you and close your eyes for a moment... take a verrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy long deep breath... and touch that which truly inspires yoU.

I feel that is what I am on a quest for in my life ... to share deep meaning, lasting value, awareness and growth in our lives. And of course to make a difference in this world.... To allow us to flourish, grow and know what it is that we are meant to do in this world that legacy thing!!!.

I thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this and maybe you'll feel inspired - as well to make meaningful changes...

Breathing deeply and just being ME ... and what possibilities might come from this fertile ground. And being grateful for this life and opportunity to realize more of what our true potential might be...

Bowing in honor of life - Vincenzo