AJ and a LATTE

Until the past few months, I have never shared my dream of writing and speaking. Insecurity, the question of “is anyone going to care,” the oh so convenient excuse of busy-ness have allowed me to hide. Then I would be mad because I am living a life I HAVE to live rather than a life I WANT to live. Yep! Everybody else’s fault that I don’t get to speak and write. Why would they want to know what I have to say? Nobody cares about the ramblings of a nut like me! Besides, I don’t have time to write a blog. Joke is on me. God wakes me up at the crazy hours and sets my mind on fire with things I want to say. He leads me by still waters then splashes me to tell me to wake up! He put these desires in my heart. Who am I to not follow them? That’s pretty arrogant!

So, here I am. I always thought I would wait until I retired then I would figure out how to write. I would drop my name and maybe, someday, perhaps, if I was really lucky, somebody (a small group, I’m sure) would let me give a couple of minutes spiel on something like elementary music. TA DA! I’m at retirement age and just like everybody else! I can retire, but I would have to either live in a box or cut out little things like electricity and food. So, one morning, in talking to my brother, he asked me why I had to wait until retirement…

LIGHTBULB

That was a pretty good question! Now, I hate to give him credit because I did want a puppy instead of a little brother, but I guess I’ll give it where it is due. Thank you, Chris. This is your fault! ❤ Hopefully this will be a dream in realization rather than a big fat flop. But who knows, maybe a big fat flop will create a messy, wonderful rebound.

So, I raise my cup ‘o Joe this morning and announce the beginning of an era–AJ and a Latte. The framework is still “being built as I fly the plane” so to speak, but I’m seeing where the ride takes me. Read along. Recommend me to people who need a speaker. Who knows, I might just be on to something good.

Until next time….