“It takes a
lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else”~ Erma Bombeck
Firefighters
are doomed to live up to a reputation of being “courageous”; the fact of the
matter is that in many ways we are, we took a job for the good of others and
put ourselves in position to literally save lives. I love my job for that
reason, it is not because I’m an adrenalin junkie or feel the need to be a “Hero”.
A line from one of my all-time favorite songs is “I’m no hero that’s
understood, all the redemption I can offer is beneath this dirty hood”, I
believe that dirty hood is a metaphor for the singer’s essence. There was a lot
of soul searching going on before Bruce came to that conclusion. The song
itself is an invitation for a fellow dreamer to go out with the narrator and
search the world together. It’s one of the greatest pieces of music that has
ever been written in my humble opinion. Each time and each version I have
listened to over the years has opened up a beautiful world to envision because
I too am a dreamer. Over the last several weeks a whole new world has opened up
inside me; I've found parts of me that I have been searching for and never even realized I was missing. They’re out there now, I’m making progress and I've had
to muster more courage than I ever have to look that deep inside of myself. I've been to New York City, The Ocean, alone in an elegant hotel room, and to the
mountains to figure out what will be next. In all these places the one constant
was me; what I believe is that I’m at a whole new level of awareness and ready
to be brave enough to fully engage in who, what, and all that matters most to
me in this lifetime. There is truth in the assumption that “soul searching” can
be painful, it can cause a person to break down walls they've built around
themselves and finally see exactly what they want their lives to look like. No
matter how hard we try, it is quite impossible to be perfect all the time, so
open up what is inside of you and offer up everything you have; hold onto hope
that the connections you've been yearning for make it all seem perfect. “Show a
little faith, there’s magic in the night”.
The key to
Thunder Road is that they are going take each other’s hand to go out and “case
The Promised Land”, a place where all dreams will come true and they’re going
to support and encourage each other along the way. It’s a fantastic narrative
for those of us yearning to be better, to chase dreams, and cast fear aside. Those
two lanes can take us anywhere we want to go; the power of it is in the knowing
you have the courage to put yourself out there, the strength comes from an
irreplaceable connection of “one last chance to make it real”. Open up your
heart, follow it and in the end you will be able to embrace the process of
actually allowing love’s agenda to work itself out. Once you’re on that road,
surrender yourself because “Heaven’s waiting down on the tracks”.
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