Mike Mendieta

Trusting, Loyal, Respectful, Patient, Dedicated, Calm and much more !!!LETTING GO .....Another day behind me, a new day before me. I'm standing on the threshold, on the edge of the abyss. It's time to savor this moment. Shit, it's like being out in the wild. Everyone is sizing the other up and staring each other down. Everybody wants to know where they are in the food chain. Before you ever step up, the competition heats up. Yeah, this place is like a fucking pressure cooker. But I can't lose my head. Not here. Not now. See, the real competition is not out there. Nah, the real competition is me. The real war is going on between my ears, in my mind. Keep your head together. Move like water and go with the flow. Let go and relax. Let go... Thing is, anything worth having means first learning how to let go. Learning how to let go of your mama's hand. Learning how to walk out from your old man's shadow. Learning how to let go of that map--the one you've relied on, the one that you think is telling you how to get through life. Shit, when we follow a map, we're like fucking tourists. We watch the scenery pass and we snap a couple of pictures. We hold on to those pictures like we own 'em, like they were the real experience itself... When you're on the road to success, the forgotten and the nameless rise up and try to hold on to you. Don't get weighed down. Travel light, brothers, and never be a fucking tourist. Never live through your old pictures or through the lives of others. Step up. Let go. Only when you do can you get lost. And unless you get lost, you'll never be able to find your own way, your own destiny. I'm about to go on soon, and what I know now more than I ever did, was that this was never anyone else's journey. It was mine and mine alone...By Frank McGrath