Pass Beyond the Wall

I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see.
The path that I have chosen now has led me to a wall.
And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost.
It rises now before me,
A dark and silent barrier between all I am
And all that I would ever want to be.
It's just a travesty, towering,
Marking off the boundaries my spirit would erase.

To pass beyond is what I seek, I fear that I may be too weak.
And those are few who've seen it through to glimpse the other side.
The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride.
The moment is a masterpiece,
The weight of indecision's in the air, standing there,
The symbol and the sum of all that's me.
It's just a travesty, towering,
Blocking out the light and blinding me,
I want to see.

Gold and diamonds cast a spell,
It's not for me, I know it well.
The riches that I seek are waiting on the other side.
There's more than I can measure in the treasure of the love that I can find.
And though it's always been with me,
I must tear down the wall and let it be
All I am, and all that I was ever meant to be, in harmony,
Shining true, and smiling back at all who wait to cross,
There is no loss.

"The Wall", by Kansas, is one of my favorite songs. I have to admit, though, that what drew me to it at first was the music--the tune, the instrumentation, its dramatic sound, and how well Steve Walsh sings it. It was a while before I really contemplated and comprehended the lyrics, but when I did, I found that I liked the song even more. Because it is a very thinly-veiled metaphor for how probably most of us feel as we struggle through this thing called life. And it's especially true for those of us trying to buck the system, trying to take control of our lives instead of falling in lock-step with the masses heading off to jobs every day.

You may have noticed that my posts here have been few and far between lately. Yep, that's because of my wall rising before me. A few of the "bricks" in my wall are:

• As a trainer for my company, I usually have students with me on the road, so it is difficult to find time to sneak out my laptop and fire off a quick essay.
• I'm a fairly slow writer; it takes me a while to come up with the phrasing I want to get my message across the way I think is best. So there's no such thing as "firing off a quick essay" for me.
• My laptop is about five years old now, and has periods when it's r-e-a-l-l-l-l-l-y s-l-o-o-o-o-o-w.
• And, of course, after long hours on the job, more enjoyable diversions such as TV and computer games often seem in order, instead of engaging my mind and composing coherent blog posts or taking on activities to grow my business.

I'm sure you have your own personal wall rising before you, keeping you from attaining your goals, too. But if to pass beyond is what we seek, we must not be too weak. We must be strong enough to do whatever it takes to tear down that wall and glimpse the other side. That's why "The Wall" is the Prosperity Convoy's anthem; to remind us to recognize the walls before us, and the rewards on the other side.

Let me remind you of my purpose for starting up "Trucker John's Prosperity Convoy". It's not for me, I know it well (as the song says). I want to free you from the lock-step of the masses. Not just so you can be a maverick, but because you'll (likely) never find financial freedom by trudging off to a job every day, working for someone else, making them rich. And the way that I can free you from that is by making sure you know that you do have options beyond being an employee. By inspiring you to explore those options. And by exploring those options with you. It's so much more fun to do things together, in harmony.

So are you ready to tear down your wall and become all that you were ever meant to be? To smile back at all who wait to cross? Jump on the Convoy, and I'll see you on the road to Prosperity.

Thank you for reading this today. As always, I welcome--and encourage--your feedback about my posts and the Prosperity Convoy. What's in your own personal wall? And what can we do to tear it down?

Whither the Job Creators?

We've been hearing the term "job creators" used a lot in the news lately. Those of you who know me and see my postings on Facebook may have an inkling about how I feel about that term. But I'm not invoking it here for any political purpose. Instead, we can take a lesson from it in terms of improving our financial futures.

The country's leaders are debating whether increasing taxes on the wealthy is a valid means to reduce the nation's deficit, or an "attack on the job creators." Here in the Prosperity Convoy, we don't care about all that. As entrepreneurs and seekers of passive income, we want to find--and even be--"opportunity creators".

As you know, the path to financial freedom is not comprised solely of a job. Well, maybe it is if you're a fund manager on Wall Street, but in the grand scheme of things, relatively few of us are. So we need something to supplement--and, eventually, replace--our income from a job. And, of course, that something is passive income.

As a regular reader of this blog, you know that the best way to earn passive income for most people is as an independent representative in a network marketing, a.k.a. multi-level marketing ("MLM"), a.k.a. direct sales, company. By becoming an independent rep, you've created your own job. You didn't need to rely on some "job creator" to graciously create a position for you out of the goodness of his heart. You created your own position by taking advantage of an opportunity that one of your good friends presented to you. And you can return the favor by paying it forward and presenting that opportunity to your friends. Ta-da! You've become an opportunity creator.

If you want to find financial freedom, or just some extra cash to make your life a little easier, seek out the opportunity creators around you. Then become one.  We don't need to worry about "job creators" in our convoy.