Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Authenticity
Are you willing to give up and not look back with any regret on the life that you have planned in order to live the life that you were born for...the life that waits for you? Do people do this? Do they come to a cross roads in life and wake up one day and say "I quit" and start a new, more authentic life? A life that fulfills every aching need inside them? Is that selfish? Is it the only way to live? Do people wake up one day to realize that everything they've worked for can be burned, sold, given away, broken, lost, or stolen from them and that none of it matters? Are those people who do that real or are those people only on the Oprah show?
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apparently they are real because I've surely met a lot blogging - now living on a farm in France - or on a ranch in California etc. I feel my life has been very shall we say ordinary ??
If I knew what the life that waited for me actually WAS, I'd be better equipped to follow it. I know it's out there, but it's hiding.
Dude...I know...I am so tired of playing Marco Polo!
Lets see... I did that at the age of 22. I think it was easier then to just pack and leave.
Nowadays, I feel like I have to be very cautious for some reason. I feel less bold.
There is one person, however, Starbucks Guy might fit this a little. He quit his previous desk job as a QA inspector to pursue his Photography business and to work in the fun Starbucks environment where he makes 3 times less than what he made before. But he's happy. :)
Fashionista...Happy is good and photography is so therapeutic.
I think it gets harder the more responsibilities you have. I'd love to spend more time writing, but at the moment we're busy raising our girls, and saving for our retirements and their college educations. I'm working a job that is fulfilling, but not always creatively fulfilling. Authentic means different things at different stages, so for now, this is my authentic life.
I think authenticity can have different degrees, maybe I was meant to live in a cave, but I am doing a darn good job being a mom, right now!
Life too short I think. Enjoy it and just listen to your heart and you'll be happy. If somebody is happy, it doesn't matter what they do for a living, in my mind they are successful. Success is being happy.
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
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