The Time Is Now

Usually people spend their childhood dreaming about being different things. So many of us would often tell their parents, their teachers, their friends, "I want to be a doctor." "An astronaut." "A policeman. "A pilot." "I'm going to be the next Batman!" When you are little, none of those sound crazy or out of the ordinary. But I wasn't like that. I was the boy who at three or four years old, walked into the living room and saw a movie that changed my life on the screen. That movie was "Jaws." Who would have thought "Jaws" could change a young boys life (other than traumatizing him to never go in the water - which it didn't)?

Well it did. From that day on (which happens to be my first memory), I knew I wanted to be in the movies. I would watch them constantly as a young boy, collect them with my allowance money, and I'd watch them and create a world of my own. Movies fueled my imagination and reading gave me even more and more ideas.

Flash forward 18 or 19 years later, and I'm still the little boy, with the big dreams. And finally I have something that might bring me some credibility in the industry. Something that I can actually tangibly see on the big screen and feel a sense of pride. And don't get me wrong, I am very excited about it, but at the same time, that love that I had for movies for so many years, now, takes a back seat to something else.

In the past few years I have had an interesting life path. Many things have happened to me, some great, some bad. But there is one constant thing that helped me in all the times I needed it - God. He has been a constant in my life, and he brings me up to a level that I didn't even think possible. "I'm doing the right thing." I'm not sure what it means, but I am fueled by those words everyday.

I know that filmmaking is a passion, one that I feel destined to do. But at the same time, what really matters is that I keep my faith and love in God, and I don't have to worry about anything else. He knows what's best for me, and he will provide me with hope, contentment and grace. And who could ask for anything more than that?

I guess what I'm trying to say, is that the time is now - it's not in the past, it's in the present. Make the most out of every second and everyday. Live for now.