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posted by jm at 9:40 PM
Sunday, February 18, 2007
I'm going.
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- Name: jm
I am a brilliant creation of the universe formed from the cosmic protoplasm sailing into eternity. I have two hands, two feet, a couple of great ears, and I'm clipping through life at a moderate pace; minding my p*s and q*s, crossing my t*s, dotting every i.
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23 Comments:
Open, Sesame!
And partake of the treasures therein.
If you could have three things behind that door, what would they be?
Hmm... let me think... don't want to waste a single of those three wishes! :-)
I've got one.
A disease-free old-age and end of life. Disease-free life in general.
Ok... well I could get all fancy and/or spiritual and/or altruistic but I am gonna be very practical, short-term and self-serving:
1) a job
2) a sewing machine
3) a life partner
Yes, in that order. :-)
Btw: Rollo May believed ~genuine~ selfishness and altruism are one and the same; I agree.
I have a further, more important, wish/goal, but the above three need to come first.
A disease-free old-age and end of life. Disease-free life in general.
That's a good one.
I must say I have been blessed with, overall, good health all my life, and it seems to be in the genes. My brother-in-love commented recently how my brother (his mate) and I are "of good stock".
Rollo May believed ~genuine~ selfishness and altruism are one and the same; I agree.
I completely agree. totally.
The cornerstone of Ayn Rand's philosophy.
Sewing. Where do I begin?
#2.
Confidence.
Self-confidence, that is.
Self-confidence
My brother has this 'system' by which he lives...
"One small victory a day."
He shared it with me in a different context (and I use it daily), but I can see how it could help incrementally and painlessly build that self-confidence you seek.
Each day, you set yourself one small, ~achievable~ goal. One tiny thing that will push your envelope in the context of that day. Totally tailored to ~you~.
It doesn't even have to be tied to your 'Becoming a Publicly Performing Musician' goal. It can be totally unrelated.
The idea is the building up of that sense of self-confidence via regular (daily) ~accomplishments~.
Each day you grow a little, guaranteed.
"Openness to starting
and continuing
the small steps involved
in walking around a problem
will eventually result
in leaving the problem behind.
Overt manifestations of willingness
reduce inner conflict,
and an unconflicted mind
can step over any hindrance."
-- Hugh Prather
(Preaching to myself in the process here. ;-) This is good... Double bang for my buck! :-D)
They do say we teach best what ~we~ need to learn.
walking around a problem
will eventually result
in leaving the problem behind.
Good one.
For you JM our troubadour
Going uuuupppp!
Ceiling of the World next stop.
The first of many photos of the land and people deep with in the Himalayas.
Others on their way.
OMG tseka!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could it be real???
I'm going right now!
OMG. OMG!
You don't know how much I love the word "troubadour". The tears are threatening again.
I'm so glad R is with us. The eyes. The Leo heart.
They are simply beautiful. I think he's changed. Scorpio rising will do that. The colors, the spirit, simplicity, the sadness. The tattered cloth.
Thank you my friend. I have a lot to look forward to with his coming photos. Photography was my 1st choice as an artist, so this is bittersweet. But I was born with a voice, so here we are.
Oh oh oh.
BTW, three things behind the door? Hmmmm.
And going uuuuppp!!!!!!
LOL!!!!! My sides again!
jane wrote: "My brother-in-love..." Wow, I never heard that before. Nice twist on the general idea! I'll have to start incorporating "in-love" into my vocab. now. :o)
I believe he has changed too. The place offered a freedom to open to the emotion which has been locked behind guarded doors. A true story of the north node 8th. No integration yet.
Prayer flags, disintegrating becoming the wind and part of each of us as we breathe the hopes and dreams sailing out from the top of the world. Maybe this grace saves us all, a center of gravity in a world of chaos.
Beautiful words, tseka. I feel the emotional desire in these latest works, and I think there is much more to come. It takes a lifetime of experience to make the complete statement. The Pluto transit unlocked it and the rest of the journey will be part of our copper-lined box dissemination.
The prayer flags in that part of the world are impossible not to absorb. Flags for patriotism, glory, and death vs flags for god and life.
Prayer flags, disintegrating becoming the wind and part of each of us as we breathe the hopes and dreams sailing out from the top of the world. Maybe this grace saves us all, a center of gravity in a world of chaos.
I've always said this redeems us. The whole chaotic bunch.
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