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The lovely and inspiring Halcyon wrote some wise words in his LJ back in November. It was just what I needed to hear. Now I have a way to share it with more people!
He helped me realize that it’s ok to wear my faux fur coat to the grocery store, to dress exactly the way I want to - and yes, while that usually means pushing boundaries, it also means, maybe, gasp!, to NOT try to outdo myself once in awhile! That it’s ok to keep all of my awesomeness on the inside sometimes, and that I don’t need to feel obligated to prove how cool I am! To say exactly what I think, to not be creeped out when strangers try to start up a conversation with me, and to demolish that barrier that existed for so long between “who I was” and “who I wanted to be”.
Have I gotten to “that point” yet, where I am exactly everything I could ever want to be? No. But I’m realizing more and more that there is no single point that I am working towards. And that while wanting to change, to have goals, to be different, be more, be better, is a good thing, having the mindset that “you are not yet the person you want to be” can cheat you of the pleasure of who you are right now.
Instead of focusing only on that image of you that you feel is unattainable right now, do something small that gets you a little further to that image, and then spend the rest of your day basking in the fact that right now, you are a wonderful, cool, self-realizing person who is actively being the person they want to be! Try to strike a balance with yourself between who you want to be and who you are right now.
I have these words where I can see them every morning. “Being a lifestyle artist is greeting each day with a child’s eyes and a sense of self that you are the protagonist in an epic myth.”
It’s up to us to make our lives be that epic myth! And don’t forget, an epic myth is a story that has ordinary days and fantastic days. It’s a journey to a certain fabulous conclusion, true, but you should be enjoying the story from start to finish!
What does it mean to be a “Lifestyle Artist?”
I hope that it will inspire you as well!
Maybe to do this?
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This is a beautiful piece, and thank you so much for sharing. It’s just what I needed to hear at a time when I feel torn into so many directions!
January 27th, 2009