Today I had lunch with a girlfriend and asked her the, "What would you do?" question. Once again I received the reply, "I don't know." So far I have asked a total of six people in the past two days and they have all given me the same reply. This just baffles me. I sent my friends, with whom we met up in Paso Robles, an email telling them that I was not letting them off the hook and that I wanted them to really think about an answer. "Have fun with it," I encouraged. "Let yourself dream!" When my friend, Debi, replied with the above quote, I was filled with utter joy! She was referring to her husband's reaction when they discussed my story about Lois, the innkeeper, because apparently he had already been thinking about my question.
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It's not that they don't actually know what they desire. It's that they are afraid to speak them out loud because they don't want to be ridiculed, criticized, or worse - doubted and told that it can't be done. I was watching Oprah and while interviewing Marianne Williamson, the author of A Return To Love, Marianne said, "We have more fear of how powerful and light we are, and part of that is this fear that we might offend somebody else. That somehow, if I have, that you have less. Rather than realizing that if I'm living in the light of my own true being it actually, subconsciously, liberates you to live from the light of your true …show more content…
I think everyone has experienced what it feels like to be told that they can't do something or that it will be very hard. Or one of my personal favorites, "Is that practical? Can you really make a living doing that?" I cannot tell you how many times I've heard that one. When I was in college and someone would ask me what my major was, I would reply, "I'm a Theatre Arts Major." Nine times out of ten I would get, "Well, what are you gonna do with that?!"
"Who cares?" I wanted to scream. "I'm studying what I love. It's the one thing for which I have a tremendous passion. Why not study it? Quit poopin' all over my parade route!!!"
So, I understand the reason behind the hesitancy all too well. But here's the interesting thing - every single time I have asked someone that question I immediately see a little spark in their eyes. And then, almost immediately it extinguishes and they say, "I don't know." But what I see is that they all do know what they want. It comes to the surface immediately, but the fear takes over and they give in to that instead and come up with, "I don't know." However, I don't let up and I keep at them until they finally say it because I want them to experience how great that feels!
Oh, and by the way - I am still involved with theatre. So, TAKE THAT, all you
It's not that they don't actually know what they desire. It's that they are afraid to speak them out loud because they don't want to be ridiculed, criticized, or worse - doubted and told that it can't be done. I was watching Oprah and while interviewing Marianne Williamson, the author of A Return To Love, Marianne said, "We have more fear of how powerful and light we are, and part of that is this fear that we might offend somebody else. That somehow, if I have, that you have less. Rather than realizing that if I'm living in the light of my own true being it actually, subconsciously, liberates you to live from the light of your true …show more content…
I think everyone has experienced what it feels like to be told that they can't do something or that it will be very hard. Or one of my personal favorites, "Is that practical? Can you really make a living doing that?" I cannot tell you how many times I've heard that one. When I was in college and someone would ask me what my major was, I would reply, "I'm a Theatre Arts Major." Nine times out of ten I would get, "Well, what are you gonna do with that?!"
"Who cares?" I wanted to scream. "I'm studying what I love. It's the one thing for which I have a tremendous passion. Why not study it? Quit poopin' all over my parade route!!!"
So, I understand the reason behind the hesitancy all too well. But here's the interesting thing - every single time I have asked someone that question I immediately see a little spark in their eyes. And then, almost immediately it extinguishes and they say, "I don't know." But what I see is that they all do know what they want. It comes to the surface immediately, but the fear takes over and they give in to that instead and come up with, "I don't know." However, I don't let up and I keep at them until they finally say it because I want them to experience how great that feels!
Oh, and by the way - I am still involved with theatre. So, TAKE THAT, all you