May I start off by saying thank you to all of the followers, hopefully I'm not boring you too much :) Right well to the juicy news! Today was very busy, but I did manage to find a couple of new prospects (nope I haven't heard back from any of the people I wrote to yet, but I find people like to take an average of about 2 weeks, so I'm not worried). Okay, the first is Mr. Dick Levi of Levi, Ray and Shoup (LRS). Mr. Levi started LRS (which is a mainframe computer and advanced technology firm) with two partners in the 1980s. Since then, the company has grown and diversified a tremendous amount. Last summer, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Levi and what struck me most about him was that his work really doesn't feel like work! He absolutely loves what he does and as a result, that is what he spends the most time doing. The second is Subway founder Fred De Luca, Mr. De Luca founded Subway because he was looking for a way to fund his college career. The result is a multi-billion dollar franchise with 35,000 stores (the second largest restaurant chain in the world, yes its larger than McDonalds). I will begin writing letters to both of these amazing people this weekend or early next week, but thats next up on the radar screen.
I want to leave this weekend with the following thought:
Yesterday I heard from a friend (and fellow aviator) that attends the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) about a plane crash in south Florida containing fellow aviation students from FIT. It reminded me to think about our lives and to do everything we can to live in the moment. This moment will indeed be over very soon, adios, see ya later, its gone. Every breath, every second is a gift from God and I intend to take full advantage of that gift. I'm writing a book that has about a one in a million chance of succeeding, but what is the point of living if we're not going to take risks? We're given one life, we make our choices, we can either find happiness and pursue the things that we are most passionate about or we can not - I'm choosing option A, because I recently realized that the risk of failing a million times is worth that one time that we actually succeed. If I inspired or brightened one person's day today, it was a day worth living. The point: love God and love your family & friends because our time is short - I'm 18, with hopefully a good 80 years in front of me, but I know also that those 18 years have already flown by, why should the other 80 be any different? Take Care everyone, and celebrate life this weekend - call someone you wouldn't normally, take your kids to the park just so you can enjoy the fresh air & their company, and even smile at that obnoxious neighbor who keeps his music on until 3:00 AM :)
You all inspire me everyday, not by doing revolutionary things necessarily, but by being you - have a great weekend and know that today I'm thinking about all of the incredible people that have influenced my life (which is probably you if your reading this :-)
In Him,
Matt
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