Comments on: Changing Direction

By: steph

steph — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:31:27 +0000

I know, I know! I find it so depressing! The reality seems to be that regardless of how one thinks or in what one believes, life is ultimately harder for some than it seems for others. I can’t get past that because I am so stuck on what’s not fair…I’ve always struggled with this! The other hard part is trying not to compare myself with others.

PS. I got the image at blog.peterazorphotography.com/…/are-you-happy/. Thanks for pointing that out, actually. I thought I’d put the link to his site on the image, but it seems to link back to me!

By: finger thumb

finger thumb — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:35:42 +0000

btw, where did you get the ‘are you happy’ image?

By: finger thumb

finger thumb — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:35:07 +0000

I know what you mean. I always get really frustrated when I watch Oprah or something and some life coach says “if you just do what you are passionate about the money will follow” I think that is so irritatingly facile. Yes, sometimes it does work out that way, but I think that is the exception and not the rule and involves a helluva lot of luck and hard work. Also, it helps if your passion is inventing web applications and cell phones. Neither of which I find that interesting. I know tons of people who are trying to do what they love and putting all their energy and passion into it, and are getting bupkis. And its not because they don’t know the secret to positive thinking. Mostly its ’cause they are artists.

By: steph

steph — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:07:20 +0000

Thank you, guys! C and I had a nice conversation today over tea and coffee and we’ll be continuing it later as well, over more tea and coffee (and treats) about what we envision and getting on the same page so we’re creating the same thing in our minds as though it’s real. I do like to spend time in Biblio in my head, and I think that’s a great deal of what will bring this idea to fruition.

Thanks for your encouragement! I can’t wait to serve you.

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:16:40 +0000

Wendi’s right. We’re lined up outside, cups of hot tea warming our winter hands, waiting to come inside and see what you have today.

You can’t fail.

By: Wendi Kelly~Life's Little Inspirations

Wendi Kelly~Life's Little Inspirations — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:08:55 +0000

Steph,

You know the bookstore already has a virtual line of people waiting at the door right?

I can’t wait. Keep at it…the only thing that keeps a dream from coming true is stopping. Step by step.

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:19:47 +0000

You are on your way, Steph, to creating your own way. Once you’ve got it nailed down, don’t stop.

Don’t ever give up. Even if it seems to you that you might have done better (financially, say) doing something that you didn’t have your heart in – seriously.

I make a good wage where I work but it is empty. And so I must avoid the temptation to fall into the consumerism that so many others use to try and fill that void.

Find your passion, work at it, never stop. Only you can judge your own success, and I’m sure it comes down to happiness and believing in what you do.

Here is another movie that you might find interesting – I am sharing it with you because you might not have otherwise picked it up at the video store, since it is about a heavy metal band from Toronto called Anvil.

http://www.anvilthemovie.com/

I saw Anvil in the early 90′s and they were amazing. You could tell that they were true believers in what they were doing.

And here they are, 20 years later, still doing it… not making money at it… working crappy jobs.

But they WILL NOT STOP.

And so I took that spirit, and started on my own journey. You must do the same.