I Have A Secret

If a woman wrote a best selling novel about the secret to life's success and marketed it for all the worlds dummies to read...would I buy it? No. I have my own secrets, some of which would fetch 19.99 from Barnes and Noble too. I could put my secrets on a DVD and sell them to people looking for the DVD titled, "Secrets For Dummies." I could hire actors to portray "visionaries" and "philosophers" in the movie I make millions on. And I'm sure if I searched hard enough I could find quotes from famous dead people that would lend credo to my book of secrets. But it's not like that, I don't have a degree in marketing or psychiatry. I can't take advantage of the hordes of people out there searching for the quick fix to their broken dreams. I wish I could...I really do.

But alas, all I have are the notes I've made about living my life and keeping the secrets of it to myself. I don't believe there is a quick fix for what ails us. I don't think that we can simply will away our problems by crossing our legs and touching our thumbs and fingers together. Sure, I believe in the power of positive thinking. But I'm not gonna hold out hope that it brings me the winning lottery numbers. No, that would be just good old fashioned dumb luck, which has already bopped me on the head plenty of times in my day. And I didn't have to buy a book or DVD for the to have happened.

Here's the secret to my life: I believe in God. Yeah, it's that simple. I don't go out and recruit people to fight in His army or anything like that. Heck, I don't even go to church. I just do my best to believe and to live the life I am supposed to according to His plan. That's the secret. Or should I say...that's My Secret? Save your pennies because this revelation is free of charge.

-JF