When I wake up in the morning, there are two thought patterns that occur, in no particular order. One voice will say, “Good morning world! I am so ready to get this day started!” And the other voice, well, it’s not so kind. That voice will say, “Why even bother. You’ve worked so hard and you still haven’t gotten where you wanna go. Just go back to sleep and do us both a favor.” Now, at this point I have a choice. What voice will I listen to? Obviously, we would all say, listen to the empowering voice, right? That voice will definitely bring forth a day of abundance, peace, serenity and happiness. But… it’s not that easy. I used to think I could just WILL the thoughts out of me, all by myself. Ha…That’s such a joke. I used to think I could do it all on my own with not an ounce of help. Heck, I thought doing it all on my own would make me stronger. False! Oh, the mind is a tricky place and that little snake, it will get you. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but when you’re not paying attention… Whammmm, it[…]
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Blog #15: “I Am A Human Being… Not A Human Doing”
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home I am finding it so essential to put the breaks on and STOP when I get too caught up in the “doing” of life and forget about the”being” in life. After all, what I am? A Human Being, Right? And what I am finding as I stay present to my instincts and as I continue to trust what my spirit is messaging to me, ever so gently throughout each day, is that the best things in my life are starting to come from practicing just “being”, as much as possible, so that the things that really need to be done on my daily, weekly and monthly checklist are presented to me so clearly that I don’t need to waste any time questioning my next moves or stressing out about “The Cursed Hows” as Mike Dooley likes to call it: So, there is no need for me to worry about how I am going to get Pinocchio a good home. My only job is to keep my goal front and center in my mind and to then follow through by taking the next right action. That’s it! And, the[…]
Blog #11: “Thoughts Become Things”
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home I met a man last week at a speed dating event who had a very negative attitude towards the music industry and the creative industry overall. He said there were no great artists anymore, and that there was just no way to make money doing art. He was once, as I discovered listening to him talk a bit more, a man of passion when it came to writing and story telling. His passion must have been stomped from society’s pressures and maybe he felt he had to give up his vision job as a writer and take on a safer job that paid well. As we talked, he said how he was a writer and how he had been a news reporter as well for some time in his past. He went on to say how he knew how to write a story, a real story, coming from nothing more than a few simple facts, but those skills, could not pay the bills, and so he took a job on Wall Street working as a copy editor years ago. He then said how he hated the job,[…]
Blog # 8: Accessing the True Self To Create Abundance
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home Yes, accessing the true self to create abundance is the next theme. And I find it perfect to talk about this now, at the very start of 2012. I do not want to put my foot anywhere into 2012 without that foot being a part of my true self. I will be the first to tell you that living in truth and being exactly who I am is not easy, until I accept that “that” is who I am, take it or leave it! Sure, I have wished I was someone else more times than I would like to admit. And yes, I have dreamed of having someone else’s life as well. But in doing that, it has guided me in the opposite direction to having an abundant life. In wanting what is not mine or is not in my reach has only made me unhappy and incomplete. During 2011, a change occurred.
Blog #7: Reality vs Fantasy
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home Hope all of you are enjoying this Holiday Season! 2012 is right around the corner and I wanted to get one more blog in before 2011 ends. Just to change it up a bit, I did a video blog for #7. Enjoy and see you back here in the New Year!
Blog #5: I’d Rather Be Happy Than Right!
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home Where should I begin? I think I want to talk about this tendency I’ve had, pretty much my whole life, of putting my time and energy into having to be right, rather than putting that time and energy towards being happy. It’s utterly exhausting and pointless! How many times have you heard that statement? “Do you wanna be right, or do you want to be happy?” Well, I know what my answer is at this stage of the game. I want to be happy, and being right is no longer an option for me. What has being right gotten me so far, anyway? Let’s see… hmmm…. To be 100% honest, and this in very humbling and embarrassing to say, but I’ll say it because I want to get this point across clearly. Being right has gotten me into unhealthy relationships over and over and over again. It’s kept me oh so close to reaching my musical goals, but somehow oh so far away. It’s kept my true heart hidden and my intellect strong. It’s created a false sense of security and a warped sense of reality. It’s[…]
Blog #4: Security vs Freedom
Where Will Life Have Taken You By Your 20 Year Reunion? From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home The Big Twenty! I went to mine this past weekend at The New Rochelle Raddison Hotel. As I type this blog I am thinking to myself, “Should I include my personal life into these blogs?” The answer is yes. Absolutely! Life is what makes art happen. So yes, let’s talk about this experience for a moment, if you don’t mind. The main thought that comes to my mind is: Choose freedom over security and watch life start to open up. Now, this does not in any way mean to live life like a gypsy, which I admit, I had been doing for many years. Yes, I had been living day to day, not taking into account anything but my career as a singer and songwriter, my desperation in wanting to “make it” in the industry. That, by the way, has not allowed for me to have much of a balanced life. It’s like I was stuck in the air on a seesaw for so many years with The Incredible Hulk, my ego, as my partner[…]
Blog #2: I Wonder… Does This Fear Ever Subside?
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home I am letting you know from the very birth of this blog series that there is this voice inside of me that desperately wants to believe that I am wasting my time doing what I love most, music. It’s telling me that no matter what effort and energy I put towards writing, singing and creating music, it will never be enough, so I can forget about ever doing it full time! I hear this voice so loudly in my head sometimes that I start to panic. I want to introduce this voice to you now so that you can get a clear picture of my experiences along this journey, both internal and external. So, the past day has been focused on me pausing and breathing, rather than jumping right into a full list of actions that will lead me toward getting my music out there on a larger scale. I have been reconnecting with the idea that I do not control anything in my life no matter how much I want to believe I do. My ego would make me believe I was a superhero if I[…]