Matt Wahl, The Time Is Now from mattwahl on Vimeo.

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I don’t know that I can begin to describe how passionate I am about this song and the idea of getting engaged. (I don’t mean getting engaged in the marital sense although that was pretty neat too!) I mean diving into and really living my life!

Maybe people who know me would think that I have always been playing full out in my life. I get a lot of people who compliment me for doing something I love (meaning my music) and the congratulate me on taking the chance and following my dreams. And I always appreciate those words but I’ve been playing it so safe! On an engagement scale of life from 1-10 I’ve been at about a 3, maybe worse!

I hope you’ll read my blog post called “The Birth of The Fun Side Of Life.” In that I talk about how long I have been holding back on what I feel like I should be doing and saying. I honestly have memories going back as far as kindergarten of watching people have fun and wishing I had the courage to get involved. There are all sorts of times in my life when I wish I would have been the full me, the true me and they are painful to think about.

I don’t know if I can call these memories regrets though. In many ways, I’m thankful for the wake up call. I’m very happy with where I am now and I do believe that everything happens for a reason. If I didn’t have those memories of not getting involved or engaged in my life, I might not be where I am today. I feel fortunate that at the age of 35 I know that I never want to have the feeling of not being the full, true me again. And I’ll take missing out on some things and the painful memories that come with that in order to have that realization at 35 instead of 75!!!

Thanks for being here!
Matt

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