Listen to the mustn'ts child.
Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn't haves, the impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me.
Anything can happen child.
Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
Oh boy . . . So, I just found this quote from Shel Silverstein and I burst out crying. For those of you that might now know this, I cry a lot . . . and furthermore, I like it. I've been doing it since I was very young. Like, you should have seen me when Mrs. Garrett left "The Facts of Life"! Even though I'm pretty much a happy person nowadays, I still cry whenever I feel like it. It's cleansing . . .
I'm a dreamer using deliberate intention and inspired action to make all my dreams come true!
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The deliciousness of this CREATIVE LIFE!
Well, it's been a week since my last post which included Elizabeth Gilbert's fantastic TEDtalk on Creativity. Her video received quite a bit of a response and I'm so happy that it got so many of you thinking and that it touched something deep within all of us. I have taken my own prescription and I have seen that video every single day for the past week. Thanks to the creative minds over at Apple, I have been able to see it and listen to it on my iPhone in the middle of a long commute, while walking the city streets and in bed. After all of these repeated viewings, my daemon and I came up with the following:
DO. CREATE. BE.
Here's my prescription for ALL CREATIVE PEOPLE (and well, EVERYONE): See this TED Talk by Elizabeth Gilbert at least once a day for a week. After that, start seeing it once a week for a month. After that, take it to once a month . . . for as long as you need to
The Big Shiny O!
"I desire to take that definition [of Optimism] to heart and live those words on a daily basis. To put the MOST FAVORABLE construction upon actions and events . . . NO MATTER WHAT! To anticipate THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME . . . NO MATTER WHAT! To SEEK and therefore FIND that damn silver lining because I know, I KNOW that it's there. In every single thing that happens and comes my way. I'm gonna construct a big shiny O - made of pure golden magical threads - and this O will be my new window to view the world out of ." ~ Gene-Manuel
In favor of OPTIMISM . . .
"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else." ~ Winston Churchill
I absolutely LOVE this definition of the word optimism:
OPTIMISM: an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome.
I absolutely LOVE this definition of the word optimism:
OPTIMISM: an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome.
