DO YOU WANT THIS? That is the question i ask myself a few times a day, and the answer is always yes. Not to long ago the answer was "i don't care, I'm happy right now and everyone likes me". When i came to the point of no return i asked myself that very question, "do you want to live, or do you want to slowly fade away and die?" It was not about looking good, or having ripped abs, or biceps like that kid in Twilight. It was about life or death, it was no longer a "who cares" kind of attitude. If i did not make that choice it wouldn't have been myself i was letting down, it would have been everyone who has ever told me I'm something special, it would be letting down all the random people that said i was the funniest person they have ever met, and it would have been letting down all my family and friend, all the people who always stood next to me and was happy for me no matter what i did.
The truth is....i was never happy. And I'm still right struggling with it. See i always took pleasure in making other people happy, and making others laugh and making other people feel better about a bad day, even if mine was shit. And that was all the time, i have what i like to call "The Chris Farley Syndrome". Chris Farley used to go out on a set of a movie, and give his all(much like i do every time i go out), making people laugh, making people smile, but when he went home he was empty, and lonely. There are quick fixes for both, but they fade away just as fast as they came.
I was at my deepest, and lowest point in my mental state when i made the choice to go one way and not the other. I'm opening up and telling you all this,because i want to let people know that when you are down, and when you are out, there is always another option, there is always someone there to tell you "you can do it". Even with it being only over a month since i started it, it brings tears to my eyes to think about the moment, the one moment i could have said goodbye to everything i knew, and in that one moment i called a friend. I called a friend who has always been positive in my eyes, a friend that over the past 4 years i have grown to respect so much, and now a friend who i can call a brother. It was his voice, it was his encouragement that brought me back down, and made me realize this was possible. With Noah's words and his attitude it changed how i thought, and how i felt. Noah is my saving grace, he is my angel. I will never be able to thank you enough Noah, but i feel like the end result and the bond we forge will be enough.
Since i started this Quest, so many people have contacted me via facebook, or txt, or emails. Telling me how much i inspire them, this means so much to me. If 2 months ago you told me one day i will inspire people, i would have made some wise ass remark and shrugged it off. All of you backing me up, thank you, and know that I'm not letting myself down and in doing that, I'm not letting you down.
I ran my best mile today, and its only getting faster. In the spring i have challenged my stepfather to a marathon race. 26.2 miles, and he has been in the army for over 20 years. My plan is to beat him, even if its by one minutes or one second, that's my plan.
Believe me when i say TOMORROW STARTS ANOTHER DAY