When I read this question from my wish-mentor, Jamie Ridler, I pictured the front door to my house. It is purple with gold quotes painted on it. I painted my door about nine years ago because I wanted anyone who knocked at my door to realize no ordinary people lived within the house it adorned.
It has served me well. This week I had a tree trimmer come to my house and I pointed out the William Blake quote there as I gave him very specific instructions for how to trim my beloved mulberry tree. Blakes words are these: "The tree which moves some to tears of joy, to others just gets in the way." Now my mulberry is content and come Spring, won't cause warring between my neighbor and me and WILL provide the shade I love and the stretching to the sky my tree loves will continue.
I have always felt my door itself was an invitation to those who are slightly or more than slightly unconventional to just let go and be 1,000% themselves.
Now, I seem to be a magnet of permission for the lovely quirky souls I collect as friends, readers, blog commenters, strangers-who-become-five-minute-soul-friends and friends-who-are-like-family. Eccentrics, wildly creative, free spirited souls who, upon discovery there are more of us out there, blossom.
All of this is a very round about preface to my wish, perhaps because it sounds on the surface very self indulgent. ^I know, I know, I hear some of you tsk tsking me with your wise 'and what's wrong with a little self indulgence now and then?' I hear you. I hear you.
So, I wish to invite in more and more of those eccentrics, wildly creative, free spirited souls into my life-work-circle. I am doing more solo performance these days and plan to expand that, lessening my conventional theater work and reaching into my heart for poetry and performance as well as encouraging the writing art of others through my writing camps and creativity coaching. And what I want to invite as a part of that invitation is... more standing ovations.
That is the part that feels self indulgent.
I remember the first time I set an intention to get a standing ovation, it felt so odd. And then I started getting standing ovations, just for doing what I love to do and being 1,000% me.
Well, its been a while. I have gotten standing ovations for my theater work (with the rest of my cast mates) and on one occasion, it was as meaningful to me as a solo standing ovation for my own creative work - but I want more solo standing ovations in the days, weeks, month and in 2011 to come. Perhaps 2011 is my year of the raucouos, wildly abundant standing ovation.
There is an enormous rebirth happening in my life and my life-work lately. This feels like a part of it.
Yes, thats what I wish to invite in: people smiling, standing up, applauding, laughing, reaching out to one another in joy, love and hope.
Ahhh, yes. That wish brings a wrap-around-the-head, tears to my eyes smile to my face.
I wish to invite in an abundance of standing ovations...
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