While in a fit of frustration and creeping hopelessness, I started to hack away with a flathead shovel at the overgrown tomato plant in my parents backyard thats been dead for the past two seasons. It surprisingly made me feel calm and the earth shared a message with me that made more sense than any advice a human could have given me today. I had an epiphane that I have refused to plant my own roots anywhere pretty much my entire life. Ive avoided true investments of time and energy into anything other than my own music. Even friendships have fallen and failed left and right even though my understanding is that I am an excellent friend to have. Ive been extremely hard on myself for a long time if things dont go the way I imagined them to. It may sound like Im some kind of crazy control freak and although it is challenging for me to trust just anyone with something I am passionate about, this last year, I gave away my trust freely. Foolishly. Planting ideas left and right over and over to see no fruit from my labor leaving me to think, what is it that I am doing wrong here? Ive done everything in my power to make this work but nothing seems to take! Then I realized today, Ive been trying to plant and set roots in bad soil. Dead soil. Soil with no nutrients can not produce growth or beauty. No wonder my life was starting to look so dead and ugly. Anyway, I dont share much personal information on here for a reason, but I felt inclined to share this since I know there is someone out there who needs to read it. Those with pure intentions will always prevail. No matter how many people try to stomp you down and throw you under the floorboards. Here are a few keys to success that I have learned over this past year: Step 1 - Believe in something Step 2 - Fight for it Step 3 - Be about it Step 4 - Ignore the fuss Step 5 - Never give up Im starting to see the roots grow beneath my feet and I am fully aware that there will be people trying to pluck me from the ground and put me in a vase to marvel at then toss in the trash, but I refuse to stop growing. There is only ONWARD and UPWARD. This is my nice way of saying, Do your thing ladies and gentlemen, but if youre not on my level of commitment, keep on growing but you are not going to get in the way of my own and I have nothing more to offer you but my fellowship. Consider me a rose bush. Pretty to look at but dont touch unless youre willing to get stuck. Also, I hear theyre a pain in the ass to get rid of. I aint going anywhere.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:33:11 +0000
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