The Importance Of Clean Underwear

Three months after my liver biopsy I walked out of a business meeting and caught my pants before they fell off of me.

I smiled, tightened my belt and made a mental note about the importance of clean underwear. Three weeks after I wrote The Hero’s Journey- The 56th Year it feels like even more changes have taken place.

Probably because they have and some of them are in process and I am unable to say exactly what will or won’t happen.

Given all that I have been through I am confident all will work out and I will continue to safely sail through the storms and navigate the challenges.

Old friends from the past have reappeared and I have had the opportunity to say things I never got the chance to say.

They may not have appreciated how blunt I was or the force of what was said but I haven’t time to wonder and worry. You can accept me for who I am or go back to wherever you were. I am not lost like I once was, I forgot who I am but now I remember.

You’re Up To Something

A few people have seen that one particular smile upon my face lately and asked me to explain what is going on.

“You’re up to something, what is it?”

I smile and say I am in the midst of the hero’s journey and I have been victorious slaying the beasts that oppose me and engaging in feats of renown.”

They ask for an example and I tell them about the five 45 pound plates on either side of the dip machine. “That’s 225 per arm and I am getting close to being ready to add another 45 to each arm. Heading towards having dropped 30 pounds and clearly need some new clothes.”

They tell me it sounds great and ask me again why I look like the Cheshire cat and I say I am happy. I tell them that I am seeing the rewards of having danced in the fire and walked through hell covered in gasoline.

“I don’t know exactly where I am going to end up but I know it is going to be good.”

That doesn’t give them the answer they want but I am good with it because the journey is about me. The journey is about a complete reset for the second half of life and that is enough.