Do
something you believe in.
You
need to be the founder of some great creation. You owe that to yourself and to
the lives around you. You deserve to hunker down over that Project for hours
upon hours, days upon days, possibly years upon years, and make something
amazing. Only you can make it. It may be buried deep down, under layers of
clothing and wrapped in duct tape, but oh my, please unearth it.
Your
children may be your project. Your house and homemaking skills may be your
project. Sewing, skating, running marathons, playing an instrument, singing,
dancing, painting, scrapbooking, graphic design, putting together robots or
refrigerators, folding paper, shucking corn, editing essays, and all of those
things that have not yet been created, may be It. Making a guitar from a block
of ice and the hair from a llama may be your project. I don’t know. People do
weird stuff, man. Just look at most of YouTube.
But the
point is, you will realize so much more of the unique, crucial character you
are when you create. Intentional creation offers life. Intentional creation
spurs light, life, waves of hope, and that deep stirring within the heart. Not
only will it draw out these elements in yourself, but others as well. Only you
can create and share that project, unlike anyone else.
Feeling
stressed out? Create. Feeling bored? Create. Stuck? Create.
Maybe
you used to think you were supposed to Be Something In Particular and it hasn’t
worked out. Maybe you need to explore other options, maybe you need to keep
learning more about that interest, or maybe you need to adapt and look at other
aspects of that Something. For example, what if when you were eight you wanted
to be the first professional female baseball player? Well, maybe you can coach.
You may be one of the best coaches who ever played first base. What if you
wanted to be a writer, but you just can’t find a good story? Maybe you’d be
great at editing and finding writers, and reading their good works, and helping
to revise that project to greatness. Maybe you wanted to finish high school but
you are fifty eight. Online school, baby! Maybe you want to be an actress but
had a knack for knowing just the right sound would go with an action. Be a
foley artist. Not all memorable people were famous. Every part of the puzzle is
crucial, even that patch of blue sky.
Try. Act.
Practice. Start. Move.
Plan
your success.
Be
willing to adapt, and you’ll be amazed at what colors the journey will become.
Along
the way, you will face challenge and failure, as all projects (especially the
worthy ones) do. This is where focus comes into play. Improve upon every
attempt. Do this project for yourself. Enjoy it immensely yourself. Who cares
if nobody else likes it! But, I am willing to bet some money, or pancakes or
something, on this, that others will like it too.
So if
you feel as shredded as a block of cheddar cheese inside, if you feel lost and
weighted down and hurt, write it down, and make a plan to fight it. Pick up the
sword and let it fly. Swing away.
Don’t
be a quesadilla. Quesadillas get eaten. You are the chef.
Own your talents. Own your joy. Set a schedule for yourself and create.
You are called here, down below, for
this time, in this place. Make your
space
shine. If you
can hardly breathe from the crushing silence, create a new song to sing. Create
the world in which you want to exist.
****
HERE BE
DRAGONS
Alliance
Military Guard sent the order. Sergeant Tucker Thompson acquiesced. Hopping a
plane to his long-lost Australian birthplace, he's been charged with his
toughest mission yet. Thompson must rally his company of soldiers to prevent a
new generation of weaponry from breaching the world's borders.
Pound the war drums. Rattle the cages. Here be Dragons.
AUTHOR
BIO
Fierce yet
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Here be dragons excerpts
Excerpt
1:
“Be careful,
Thompson. ‘Nough of us stayin’ down here forever.”
“No one is
staying down here. That’s not the mission.”
“Aye, sir. Once I
drop these off, I’ll be back to help.”
“Sounds good.
Bring Parsnip. I’ll hold Exit off ‘til then.”
Nodding, Burkman
shuffled out, Berserk sound asleep over his shoulder. A beam from above
groaned.
Cleared.
Exit had
vanished.
The door to the
Vault clicked shut. As the door closed, the rumbling wall shuddered again, and
after a sizzling pop, the beam overhead released itself from its bolts.
Shooting away
from the wreckage, I coughed in all the dust as ceiling particles and chunks
tumbled around the beam.
In the plunging
darkness, amid the fog, my VISTAS declared with precision: the door was
blocked. The easiest entrance had been barred. Panic, seething, whirling and
awry, pitched through my chest. Couldn’t be marooned in that dungeon. My gut
told me I’d have to find an exit, and it might be painful. In fact, it would. All
mortals dwell inside armor containing their mettle. But in treasure hunting, in
creating a life crammed with rollicking fires and austere winds, the armor gets
dented. To leave behind that armor is possibly the greatest adventure of all.
Pivoting on my
heel, I faced the door to the Vault. Here be life. Here be adventure, to
whatever exit it may unearth.
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