People have told me to take off my rose colored glasses since I first moved to Washington DC in 1991 when I began my
communications career at CNN. I wore my optimism on my sleeve, and I do to this day. Many times I was told to: "Slow down you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile...."
Wouldn't I rather be disappointed and never give up than to give up without ever taking a risk. Always turning any setbacks or disappointment into a growth experience. Whenever there is pain, or a lack of comfort, there is an opportunity there.
The energy here in the nation's capitol captivated and captured me. It does to this day. I breathe it in, sometimes I left to move out to the country for a quiet retreat - to Connecticut, to New York, but always back again.
Again starting on a new path - a career change - having another book released in 2009and returning to the woman I once was becoming. It is a beautiful thing and my rose glasses are back on - big lenses to look at the world. Damn, it is a good life.
These lyrics to Billy Joel's song Vienna have always touched me in that sometimes unreachable place we all protect and nurture. Again, I'm revisiting this inner fire and won't let it go this time.
18 years later, excitement in the air as we transition power without bloodshed, let's appreciate optimism, hope and a the sunshine. Won't you put your glasses back on?
Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me why
Are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
So many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight (tonight)
Too bad but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself
That you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know you can't always see when you're right(you're right)
You got your passion you got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you
Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize...
Vienna waits for you.
And you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
Why don't you realize...Vienna waits for you
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
