27th December 2005
Stop waiting for signs and signals from above or below. Tune into what's inside. Everyone's heart beats to a desire and an ambition so strong like a forest raging fire. Yet, because we are living on cold, clueless Pluto we cannot feel the heat! Try to orbit closer, and experience the warmth of an infinite expanse of possibilities...as vast as the Amazon forest! When you're done, to avoid jettisoning back into outer space, write down how you felt...Yes! It is as simple as that.
Be bold so that you can write down whatever you want to be, wherever you want to go. Be specific so that you can actually feel the event already occurring. Be a little vague so that those out of the blue surprises can slowly trickle through to tickle and amuse. Write more than one page, or if you are a one page summary kind of fussy Dilbert executive, write on a really large page. Avoid making a list of goals. This is NOT a to-do kind of list. This is NOT a list. This is a story of an adventure already lived.
If you're the shy type, keep this story to yourself. Yet, I assure you, if the story is really compelling, you would be dying to tell it. The confidence to do so will come with time. Like a movie trailer, reveal certain facets of this adventure. The highlights, part of the climax, the resilience through the downs, the pride through the ups, and the gratefulness through it all. Reveal through your actions, your speech, your thoughts. Immerse the today in your movie. 24-7, your being must market and promote this movie. Through the unfair criticisms, through the thumbs up reviews of totally blown away journalists, through what's actually happening at the box office...through it all, the world must watch your movie, because this is probably the last movie you'll ever make.
So much for being shy.
PS: Starting from today, I will endeavour to reveal the source of my inspiration for these very sporadic and random Outpours. Unless you have read the Da Vinci Code a million times, you'll probably never get the link. Nevertheless, if you REALLY did want to know, you could always ask. Have a Happy Crazy NEW YEAR!! :)
