Some encouragement for zoefruitcake
Not written by me, but, the lovable Jason Mraz.
Blatantly stolen from: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=4818814&blogId=512353990 and www.jasonmraz.com/journal (for the prettier version)
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cassmraz: .. I'm currently unemployed, not in college & looking for my purpose in life!! how'd you KNOW music was your calling?!
I was just thinking about this recently. Just a few nights ago I was laying in bed, a low lying sunken cradle of a mattress that vibrates over the rear wheels of the bus, a place I frequently trip-out, practicing gratitude to the max after a long day in any given arena. On this occasion I was remarking typically about how crazy this life has turned out to be.
I always knew that music and entertainment was where I was at my best, fully expressed, really alive, (but I never anticipated the scale I’d get to play on.) I knew 14 years ago while in college that original music was what I wanted to focus on. I knew in high school that music is what I would do in college. I knew in middle school that I wanted to be in the choir in high school. I knew in elementary school that I loved to entertain.
My oldest memory finds me in my primary-colored-scary-clown themed bedroom communicating with the night skies through open blinds. I was somewhere between 3 and 5 and I was confident in my praying, introduced then to a voice that would speak to me for all my days. That dialogue between mystic and toddler is the very same conversation I continue today in my songwriting. It even guides me here in these blogs. So to answer your question, I think I was born to do this.
To you, my fun-employed friend, I encourage you to sit for only a few minutes and listen to the voice inside of you. It knows exactly what it wants to do. YOU just have to stop getting in its way. Forget how difficult your dreams may seem to achieve. Ignore the idea that your family and friends will think you’re weird. Drop all your doubts about financial concerns and just start living your life according to your purpose. The only thing that has to be in place for you to BE IT now is your attitude. Your life is your movie. Be your own hero and make it your favorite film to watch.
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And you Jason, are awesome :)
Blatantly stolen from: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=4818814&blogId=512353990 and www.jasonmraz.com/journal (for the prettier version)
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cassmraz: .. I'm currently unemployed, not in college & looking for my purpose in life!! how'd you KNOW music was your calling?!
I was just thinking about this recently. Just a few nights ago I was laying in bed, a low lying sunken cradle of a mattress that vibrates over the rear wheels of the bus, a place I frequently trip-out, practicing gratitude to the max after a long day in any given arena. On this occasion I was remarking typically about how crazy this life has turned out to be.
I always knew that music and entertainment was where I was at my best, fully expressed, really alive, (but I never anticipated the scale I’d get to play on.) I knew 14 years ago while in college that original music was what I wanted to focus on. I knew in high school that music is what I would do in college. I knew in middle school that I wanted to be in the choir in high school. I knew in elementary school that I loved to entertain.
My oldest memory finds me in my primary-colored-scary-clown themed bedroom communicating with the night skies through open blinds. I was somewhere between 3 and 5 and I was confident in my praying, introduced then to a voice that would speak to me for all my days. That dialogue between mystic and toddler is the very same conversation I continue today in my songwriting. It even guides me here in these blogs. So to answer your question, I think I was born to do this.
To you, my fun-employed friend, I encourage you to sit for only a few minutes and listen to the voice inside of you. It knows exactly what it wants to do. YOU just have to stop getting in its way. Forget how difficult your dreams may seem to achieve. Ignore the idea that your family and friends will think you’re weird. Drop all your doubts about financial concerns and just start living your life according to your purpose. The only thing that has to be in place for you to BE IT now is your attitude. Your life is your movie. Be your own hero and make it your favorite film to watch.
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And you Jason, are awesome :)