Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown

Well, hello world. I had to share this. It'll be relatively brief, very subjective. But I have this little meditation/quote website that I go to in the morning sometimes. And I heard a really good or red, a really good quote. And more than that, it was the person who said it that really got me thinking and made me smile. And it's by Jim Croci. He was a singer/songwriter. I believe in the 60s and 70s. And the quote is, "After all, it is what we do that makes us what we are." And I'll say it again. And I quote, "After all, it's what we do that makes us what we are." And I was really pleasantly surprised when that was the reading or the quote. Because it made me think of my dad. There's a song that Jim Croci sang called "Bad, Bad, Leeroy Brown." And my dad would sing that sometimes when I was growing up. And it made me think about the song. It made me think about singing. It made me smile. But what it also made me think about was the actual quote itself aligns quite nicely with a mantra that I use in my daily life as often as possible. I can get stuck in almost a somewhat contemplative loop where I analyze something to death or think too much about it rather than take an action. And this idea goes a long way. When I was drinking and obsessing, these visions of grandeur played out in my head all the time. It was wild how much time I could spend in fantasy in my head, contemplating things, having discussions, full conversations, full grown outcomes in my head that weren't real. I mean, I could tell you exactly who I thought I was, who I thought I was. But in many ways I couldn't show you that. It did spend a lot of time maintaining an image and really trying to be who I thought other people wanted me to be. And it was exhausting. It was the daily actions that I take, the program for living that offers a different type of approach. The way I look at it is kind of like this. So if I take a series of actions, I repeat them. Maybe on a daily basis, I refine them. I try to keep an open mind. And then I try to connect, not just believe, but connect in something greater than myself. Maybe I gradually become someone who I am proud to be, exactly who I think I'm supposed to be, with confidence. How that aligns so well with me and what I love about that is that it's the emphasis on action. Not intention, not this fantasy, not who I say that I am. It is what I do, how I live. Even belief. In many ways, it's an action. Just that quote, you know, again, it makes me think about the longer I stick around and try to do the next right thing and try to take these daily actions. I realized that ultimately, the program that I live wasn't asking me to become someone else. You know, it's helping me become the person my actions are shaping me into. And I believe through this, it's who I was supposed to be all along. And I really like that person. Peace.