“In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” I think about this quote by Andy Warhol as I experience the reach of the Internet. Google Analytics shows me that my Web site, Prayables.com, has been viewed in eleven different countries —Nepal to Tanzania. There’s a splashy video of me welcoming visitors to our home page. If I connect the dots, then I confirm Warhol’s prediction that the countdown has begun on my fifteen minutes.
Last October, I came across a request for an interview by a woman named Caryn Fitzgerald, who writes an inspirational blog; “Embracing My Journey.” Her query was intriguing: Looking for people who are living the life of their dreams. That’s me. The questions Caryn asked me, led to some deep soul searching. The result was my first featured story where I shared my secrets to happiness.
- Center your life on doing what you do best.
- Simplify your wants and needs.
- Accept the fact that you can only control your own life.
- Take one day a week to just rest, reflect and relax.
- Raise financially independent children.
- Be cheerful, shake off bad moods.
- Start the day with prayer.
Both living the life of your dreams and fame, come in different shapes and sizes. You could be dreaming of a life of excitement or one that is nothing but quiet mornings and brilliant sunsets. There’s the 6’8” LeBron James fame—300,000 Twitter followers in forty-eight hours. And the 5’ Grandma Ruth fame—who played to a packed house most Friday nights when our family would gather to enjoy her famous chicken kreplach soup. How will you spend your fifteen minutes of fame? What can you do to live the life of your dreams?
