Foundations

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Today didn’t go as planned, and I’m tired. I just need to rest my head and daydream awhile. Today is the kind of day I have to ask myself where I’m heading with my plans. Enough of this crazy activity. I have been working non-stop. What kind of roots am I laying down?When you build your dreams, your business,your whatever; you must have a firm foundation to rest it on. Or else you find your self blown every which way. Roots are good and will give you a firm sense of who you are.

I struggle with this because I am a wanderer. I love to travel, but I need a place to call home. Home is inside you, as much as it is outside you – in the community.

I’m old fashioned; I like Victorians. They have been around a long time and are well rooted. Although the kitchens are tiny, you can still manage to cook a good pot of soup. Want some? Food for the soul. Welcome to my home.

Photo Credit: © Ellen Wilson

All the World’s a Stage

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Players we are. All. I admit I love acting and the stage. I love feeling the energy of the crowd and mirroring back that energy. Truly, there is nothing like it. And I admit I feel more then a little perturbed when there are those who wish to bask in the glory and give nothing back. Look at me! Look at me! They shout. They posture.

Life is an energy play. Relationships are all about giving and receiving. If it is all one way it doesn’t work. There must be a constant dance of energy or else there is stagnation. Learn to help one another – pat eachother on the back. Julia Cameron took a lot of flak for this in her book The Artist’s Way. A fellow writer wondered why she was encouraging people who weren’t “real writers.”

If you write you are a writer. If you take pictures you are a photographer. If you wash dishes you are a dishwasher. You get the picture. People are looking for validation. They don’t feel they have made it unless they are published or get a paycheck. You’ll get there. I promise. Just be diligent and focused. Only you decide when to give up on yourself, no one can make that decision for you.

Today I thought I would climb up on the stage. I feel good that I was given an Editor’s Choice Award at Suite101.com for my article “Shakespeare in the Classroom.” It made me feel good, and it gave me encouragement to go further. I also found it ironic that I received the award the day after I published the previous blog post containing a picture of the masks of comedy and tragedy. Yeah, there are a lot of highs and lows to freelancing. There is a lot of synchronicity. More on this later…

Okay, exit stage left. It’s your turn.

Foolish Freelancers

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Are You a Fool?
Life is a journey and you never really get there. Where is there anyway? It’s always changing. Put your foot in the stream and find out.

Foolish Wisdom
There are many references to fools being wise – in Shakespeare’s plays for instance. And jesters in king’s courts were given freedom with their word play. They said things that made everyone laugh, but at the same time contained a kernel of wisdom.

Photo Credit: © Ellen Wilson