Everything in the world is within my reach. The crazy thing is, its not just there for me. Its there for everyone!
Yesterday, Tynan and Todd, nearly gods in my mind, came by my birthday party to surprise me. I posted the event on my Facebook including my address and a little while later I got a text, “Let us in man!”.
“Who the heck is this?” I said to my guests as I left to go downstairs to the front door of our building. I didn’t know the number. I didn’t know who would come to my birthday party who I didn’t know. Had I made a mistake? Had I just opened myself up to an awkward situation?
My worries were whisked out of my head as I saw Todd’s telltale red hair peeping through the door’s window.
“Oh my god!” I said out loud, and Todd and Tynan chuckled visibly through the window.
I let them in. All the while my brain was exploding.
“AAAAH! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU TWO ARE HERE!” I said in my mind…but not out loud.
Talk about looking cool in front of my friends!
“This is Tynan, one of the most famous pickup artists in the world. He has also traveled to more countries than you can name, and is an extremely well-known blogger.”
My guests looked at me blankly.
To me, it was like Michael Jackson had walked into my small studio apartment. Well…if he was alive.
The crazy thing is, this is not an isolated incident. One night before, I had been to see Rent and met another of my heroes who I had followed since I was twelve years old. A few weeks ago, Tynan met at the Samovar Tea Lounge here in San Francisco, and that was enough to blow my mind.
But what is this trend? What lessons are to be learned from these incredible gifts, things which have never happened to me before, in such sudden, plentiful quantity.
I think I have the answer: They’re not happening to me. I’m creating them. It was with these people in which I persisted. It was these people in which I sent letters and emails to. It was these people in which I made an effort to be in the same place and same time.
Perhaps it is a sign that I am beginning to live a bit more intentionally. Perhaps I am becoming a bit more stubborn. A bit more dogged. A bit more consistent.
As I begin my diet and writing regimen again tomorrow (something I will blog about before the day is out) I can’t help but notice the correlations. And with each of these new incredible experiences I am realizing that the secret involves simply asking for what you want. Stopping the constant self-doubt and self-criticizing. And realizing that everything I want really is within reach. I just need to ask.
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