Lent - Day 5

I wrote down some ramblings on this sheet of paper the other week and I found it lying around today:

 
 I wrote this when I was feeling purposeless and wondering what I should do with my life. (If you click on it, you will be able to read things better.)

The summary of purposeful ideas I wanted to pursue says:

SCREENPLAYS
FILMMAKING
MATERNITY CARE
BOOKS
ENERGY WORK - EMERSON
BLOG
FAMILY
CHIROPRACTIC

I was talking to Vernon about this the other week and I remember him saying, "I think your ideas are too widespread. The dog who chases two rabbits catches none." And then he got out this book he was reading and said something about how a lion tamer holds up a four-legged stool to help tame a lion because the lion cannot focus on all for legs at one time and he becomes paralyzed because of it. And I'm, like, "Gee, thanks for calling me a paralyzed lion, Vernon."

But it's true.

I am a paralyzed lion.

Look at me... I'm doing art shows! I'm a birth photographer! I'm training in Reiki! I'm developing a line of greeting cards! I wrote a book! I'm doing design work for a magazine! I'm teaching childbirth classes! I wrote a script for a television pilot! I'm writing a blog!

And this was all within the past 3 years, people.

I AM a freaking (wait... what's a positive way to say "freaking"?), paralyzed lion.

Here was one of the greeting cards from my greeting card line, Funny Family Cards, in case any of you all are curious...

 

And the inside read...

(Oh, and there's plenty more where these came from, people. PLENTY more.)

So... anyway... what I'm thankful for today is the fact that there is a lesson to be learned through all of this. I'm not entirely sure what that lesson is yet, but I am grateful for it nonetheless. I am finding my way and I am thankful for the journey, I guess. Yes, that's it. That sounds nice...

I'm thankful for the journey.