Are you doing what you were born to do?  This man certainly is, in my opinion…

If you’ve never seen the movie “Once”, I highly recommend it.  I pretty much stopped breathing on I believe what is the 2nd song “Say It to Me Now” that he sings on the street, in the movie. I will never forget how I felt when the movie was over.  Luckily, I was alone because I was so depressed and even balling at one point.  The reason I was crying had nothing to do with the story line, so don’t worry, I won’t ruin it for you if you choose to watch it.

My sister happened to call me right afterwards and I must have sounded like I just found out that someone that I loved dearly had died.  About 15 minutes into our conversation and being an absolute joy to talk to on the phone, I remember saying “I’m sorry, I just watched the movie Once and I’m just in a really weird mood right now”…she said “oh my gosh, why didn’t you tell me that as soon as I called?!?! I will let you go”…You see, her and I pretty much think identically, so I’m pretty sure she got exactly why I was so devastated, since she had already seen the movie.

The movie “Once” woke me up.  As I was watching the movie again this week (with someone who also has the power of taking my breath away, but that’s in a whole different context and a whole different story, but just fun to mention 😉 my bad, sidetracked, sorry…), I was reminded of why.  To me, Glen Hansard is the most passionate person that I have ever seen.  I mean, to create the holes in the guitar above from strumming so hard, I’d call that a little passionate.

I’ve had the privilege of being on the front row at one of his shows and have seen him in concert two other times.  He is absolutely flawless.  It’s as if he takes me through a story in every song and I can feel every emotion that he is singing about.  The time I was on the front row, he was strumming so hard that he broke a string and his finger was bleeding all over the place and he just kept on going as if nothing had happened.

In my opinion, Glen Hansard is doing what he was born to do.

At the time, when I first saw the movie, I was so tired of talking about the things I wanted to do and not doing any of them.  I knew I wanted so many things to be different in my life and that I had to get down to the bottom of what it was that was keeping me from doing any of them.  That’s when my whole journey of intense personal development began. Immediately.

I was then able to work through things with someone in order to find out what my blindspots were and the things that were keeping me from living my life to my fullest potential.  I faced and embraced my insecurities and fears and began to learn what I wanted to do with my life and who I wanted to be.  And I’m so happy to say that I am fully committed to living my life to my fullest potential and I truly believe that I am doing what I was born to do.  Helping people live their lives to their fullest potential is my absolute greatest passion in life.

What were you born to do?  One question I sometimes like to ask my clients is what is it that causes them to completely lose track of time?  It doesn’t mean that is what someone needs to do for a living necessarily, but I love to get people back in touch with their gifts and things that they are passionate about.

When I am coaching someone, I have to find a way to have the time up in front of me and keep track of where we are because I could literally spend 8 hours with someone and have the time of my life.

As I was working through coming up with a name for my business, I remember thinking who do I think of when I think of someone living their life to their fullest potential?  I thought of Glen Hansard.  I realize I know nothing about him personally, but to me, he is the definition of Greatness (with a capital G).  He helped me live my life to my fullest potential. Thank you, Glen Hansard.  I will forever be grateful for the inspiration that he has given me in my life.