The cycle begins with a simple "want".

Journey from “Wanna be” to “has been” …. And back

We all want to be a “somebody”. The one of many great lines in “On the Water Front” is when has-been prize fighter, Terry Malloy, played by Marlon Brando, confronts his gangster brother, Charlie, played by Rod Steiger .... “I could have had class. I could have been a contender. I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum, which is what I am.”

I’m no different in that we all have wishes and dreams. If we are lucky and work very hard, some little ones come true but the big ones, the really big ones, by far turn to a wispy mist and blow away with the slightest breeze.

This blog will track my journey from “Wanna be” to a “State of “Be”ing” and every which way after that. It is an ongoing journey with realizations, meaningful encounters, disappointments, failures, successes ... and all those good, bad and unexpected events that shape who we are and where we end up.

It will introduce some ideas, thoughts and concepts that have helped me understand where I am along the State of "Be"ing Cycle. They may help you be that somebody you “wanna be”.

Terry .... this is not “a one way ticket to palookaville”.