"Scratch Beginnings"

I read a very good blog post this morning about Adam Shepard, his experience and resulting book "Scratch Beginnings". Thursday Bram wrote about it in her blog at http://www.lifehack.org/articles/money/straight-up-from-scratch-beginnings.html.

Adam went to Charleston, SC with $25 and his backpack with "the goal of having $2,500, a car and a place to live by the end of the year". It was an experiment. He wanted to see if someone with nothing could work their way up and achieve the American Dream. He was homeless, living in a shelter, and looking for work. What a story and lesson!

Thankfully, I have never been broke or homeless, but I do slip into an occassional mood that tells me I can't change whatever it is I am unhappy about. The way it is, is the way it will be - for whatever reason. But reading about Adam's experience hits me in the face and reminds me that things are the way they are because I allow them to be. If I want something to be different, I must be different.

Desire followed by action is what changes things, period.