8 of 30: Late is better than never

NOTE: So today was a busy day for me and I couldn't get my blog in on the real time I was supposed to do it. I can't miss a date so I am going to post a late one. Sorry.


So I was thinking about what to write. I was going to write about going to the doctors, then I had a real fun time at the show tonight so I was going write about that, but then I found what I wanted to write about. The title kind of gives away the main idea. I was thinking to myself, "Should I even post?" I decided to because late is better than never. I feel that we all need to carry this philosophy in aspects of our lives.

I was transcribing a DVD of deans of music that are All Steinway Schools. In a segment, a few students were interviewed. They talked to this women. She was a pianist and had a future in playing, but she met a guy. They had kids and she raised them all. Now all of her kids are out of the house. She has decided to get the degree in performance. It took her decades but she is finally realizing and living her dream. It was late for her, but it was never too late.

I am getting closer to graduating. And I am in classes with people that are like 3 credits from graduating. I seem to think about being in their shoes, being so close to a career or even in a career. I wonder if they have done what they wanted, realized the dreams they have had. Or is working in their career field the dream they have had for themselves? I will never know, nor does it matter. What matters is the point that I want to achieve with this blog. I want to say to you that you should do what you have always wanted to do (I would write more but I am tired and sick). But I say go today and start. Go buy a guitar and start a band, write that letter, drive to Canada, fly out to California, join an armed force, write a book, paint something, backpack Ireland, ask that crush out. Do not let yourself forget the dreams of your youth, even before you lose your youth. People get busy, or tired, or embarrassed and they put off the little dreams for themselves and I am afraid we will grow up to be a generation of lost dreams. Don't let us be that. Let us all have the stories for our grandkids just like our grandparents had for us.


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