Musing…
“There
are a lot of unemployed angels out there”, my friend Jasmine advised me when I
was highway driving at night in a downpour of rain. She was sitting in the
passenger seat, calmly offering an antidote to my discomfort at the wheel.
Jasmine, who herself had been in a car accident that totaled her car a year
before, and whose left foot will never be the same as a result, speaking with
certainty about that which has no certainty. After I took her home, I drove
back the same route uttering “angelride” like a mantra, like a newfound
religion, asking at least one angel to ride along.
Charise’s
Turn:
Let’s
go one step further. Rumi says,
“You were
born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”
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It’s
a new year, time to spread my own wings. I have two directions in my
professional life – dance/yoga/movement and writing/consulting/coaching. My
mind for several years has not been able to put the two together in any
coherent fashion. Where do they meet? They spring from two different sources --
a masters in dance/movement therapy and a masters in social work. I’ve often
thought that one dilutes the other, even when I know that one has to inform the
other. I separate them all the time, especially when someone asks me what I do,
choosing to highlight a single endeavor. My plan for 2012 is to wear these two
directions like a pair of wings. This is more than an image, this is a desire,
a call to action, and is already taking effect in redesigning my website.
Get
Fired Up:
Remember your wings and how you are meant to
fly!
If
not now...when?
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