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Live Long And Prosper

Tonight I saw the Star Trek movie, which by the way I highly recommend even if you ain’t a Trekkie like me. 

  As with a lot of movies that have the right blend of a solid script, good acting and special effects I came away thinking about my place in this trek we call life. If you’ve read my other blogs you know that I can get a little deep about seemingly insignificant things but I truly enjoy finding the profound in what might otherwise seem like the mundane.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not thinking about joining the Air Force at 39 years of age with hopes of entering astronaut training, no buddy I’ll leave the fancy space walking to better and younger men. I am however thinking about how our choices affect not only us but the people that are close to us. I’m thinking about how chasing ya dream can be a lonely endeavor especially if the people in your life can’t see your vision and don’t understand your choices. Even the diehard rebel needs those voices in the crowd that yell out “yeah man stick it to them.” But fear of not receiving that approval can be the most daunting obstacle we face. Visionaries are rarely recognized as such until afterwards. Until after the world takes notice and acknowledges that there was some sort of method to the madness. I believe the mainstream refers to this as being eccentric.

Well eccentric is a label I wear proudly. I go left when everyone else goes right. I like to think that I am a visionary but the truth is, like the rest of the world I’m waiting to see the results myself. I’m more eager of course because I know what’s coming and I hope to God it’s not just a pipe dream from a Trekkie that’s seen and been influenced by too many good movies.

Time will tell. So stay tuned as I go where no man has gone before.

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