Are You Living Your Dreams?

What Are You Waiting For?

I’m writing this blog on Sunday, Super-bowl Sunday.  Although the Colts are in the big game, my heart, and mind is somewhere else… as it has for the last four years.

Four years ago yesterday.  Las Vegas. February 6, 2006.

Me and a bunch of my friends had finished our “dinner” at 4.00 a.m., and went back to our rooms to sleep.  Around 6.30 a.m., my best friend Will rushed into the room, telling me that my dad had left a message for me on his cell phone.  He had heard it already, he told me he would stay as I listened to it.  I knew something was terribly wrong.

I’ll never forget that message.  My 75 year old father was yelling, screaming, and crying that my mom had stopped breathing.  He had performed CPR, gotten her breathing again, called 911 and was waiting for them to arrive.

Never have I felt so helpless.

Many of you know the story.  Mom was in the hospital for four days, then ten days in hospice before she died.

Are You Living Your Dreams?

What Are You Waiting For?

Dad lived for another few years in the nursing home.  The folks that took care of him were angels, in every sense of the word…

I gave a speech the other week for the group I’m associated with, ILG (I Learning Global).  I talked about the journey I have been on the last four years, and told the group of 100 here in indy and a couple of hundred around the globe about my own “dream-trip”.

And those ten words.

Dad:  Are You Living Your Dreams?

Me:  No

Dad:  What Are You Waiting For?

Those ten words.

So, I made a decision to start living my dreams, and help others do the same.  I’m a certified Dream Manager, building better futures one dream at a time.

Check out our new website at www.therydgroup.com.  Or better yet,  come to our first dream event here in Indianapolis on February 25 at the Art Center.  HRCI is providing three general CEU’s for attendees.  You can learn more and register for the event by clicking on this link.

Ten words.

A lifetime of change.

What are you waiting for?

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