5 Reasons Why I Admire Bob Dylan

You either love him or you hate him. And if you haven’t heard of him, you must be living on Mars…

Mr. Bob Dylan (real name, Robert Zimmerman).

The first time I heard Bob Dylan was early in high school. I had purchased a discount cassette copy of Highway 61 Revisited. Being an avid music junkie and connoisseur, I figured it was time I finally listened to this “legend” and see what all the fuss was about. So I popped in the tape and the first song I heard was “Like a Rolling Stone”. Hmmm…interesting. I remember once reading this song was one of the top rock and roll songs of all time. My first impressions of it were one of confusion.

What was that voice?

Is that organ in the background on a rock and roll song?

Oh…then there was that voice! “How does it feeeeeeeeel…” Yikes!

Needless to say, it was at that moment a seed was planted. It would not be years later until it grew and Bob Dylan had my heart and soul forever.The lyrics. The change in styles. The profound wisdom and charm. The man himself.

What at first was not love at first listen, grew to total admiration for this guy who took off from Hibbing, Minnesota at a young age full of desire and ambition and landed in the coffee shops of Greenwich Village simply doing the thing he loved most…playing folk songs.

Nothing else really mattered except doing what he loved.

Whether you are a fan of Bob Dylan, whom I believe IS the greatest songwriter to ever walk this planet (Shakespeare with a guitar)…there are a multitude of reasons you should pay attention to him. There are great lessons to learn and admire from him. Here are 5 of them…

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What If?

• What if we already have infinite knowledge and we actually do not learn anything…we just remember it?

• What if you did that one thing you are afraid of? What is the worst thing that can happen? Is it really that bad?

• What if the past is like clothes on your back, and you can simply drop them and go naked? Imagine the liberation. You can do this, because your past is only in your mind.

• What if you lost your job today, would you really be that upset or would you actually finally feel free?

• What if you were not afraid to die? You would not be afraid to really live…right now.

• What if you finally realized that your thoughts are just thoughts (like puffs of air), and not reality or necessarily truth. Would you feel a sense of relief?

• What if you lost everything...your home, your family, your friends, and all your possessions and money? What would be your first action that you would take? I bet it would be straight from your heart, with no ego attached.

• What if you took a vacation all alone? Where would you go? What would you do if no one you knew was around?

• What if your last day on this planet was going to end early this evening? What would be the first thing you would do if you just heard this news?

• What if stars are simply tiny holes in a large ceiling, letting the light of heaven shine through? How beautiful would that be? I like to believe this.

• What if you could have one day in life where you did not fear one single thing? What would you do on that day?

• What if you could feel all the love that people really have for you, all in one moment? I bet it would be much stronger than you can imagine.

• What if you were not so afraid to feel your emotions, and even cry about those things you know still haunt you from your past?

• What if you realized that everything in life occurs perfectly? Would you struggle against it so much? Think about this…if this was not true, how could the planet and the entire universe exist for millions of years?

• What if you kissed that one girl or boy when you had that chance? Would your life had taken a different direction?

• What if you stopped asking…”What if?” and changed it to…”So what?” in your life? Imagine the decrease in fear.

• What if you actually achieved your dreams? Then what? I bet you would still not fill fulfilled. Being content and happy starts now, not when you win the lottery.

• What if you got an extra hour of sleep a night or took a daily 30 minute power nap? I bet your mind and body would thank you and pay you dividends.

• What if you were not afraid to speak your mind to that one person in your life that you feel needs it? Then again, what if you could just really let it go.

• What if you did not have perfect health? They always say that the one thing that gets hit first when you have bad health is your…ego. Don’t take your good health for granted. Someone out there would literally die for it.

• What if you actually did something with your life instead of hide in the fear of being afraid to fail? If you don’t fail, that means you never try.

• What if you focused on this one moment only, no past, no future, and no judgments from your mind. What would it feel like? Try it now.

• What if you had never read this post on this blog (there are millions of blogs)…would your life be better or worse? I hope it just got a little better and made you think.

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“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”  -Seneca-

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