"The old gods are dead or dying and people everywhere are searching, asking 'What is the new mythology to be, the mythology of this unified earth as one harmonious being?'"
- Joseph Campbell
"All suffering prepares the soul for vision"
- Martin Buber
"What you see with your eyes shut is what counts"
- LAME DEER, Sioux medicine man
This TIME I'll do the blinking, Oh K dot? My last 12 months was a great start to my journey, but before we go there I need to go back a little bit further to set the scene.
When I hit my rock bottom, you know, homeless, broke, sad, I sought help in books, self-help, personal development, anything I could find at the Library, really. I was hurting more than ever before. It was cool reading about other people's pain and suffering but I wanted more. I wanted somebody to SHOW me their pain and then SHOW me how to get out of their life dilemma. Hmmmm..... I reckon that's pretty sick, but then again I suppose I was. I had endured a lot of pressure and stress and my MIND was not working too well. At that point I was out of it.....my MIND that is!
Anyway I couldn't find a real 'live' mentor so I decided to do it myself by WORKING BACKWARDS. But I had to get better first. So I read. And then read. And then read some more. Accumulating knowledge and wisdom. Little did I know that I was actually studying philosophy. And then I branched out and started reading theology (religious studies) and particularly theosophy (spiritual related), psycholgy and physiology books, medical journals (regarding the workings of the brain) and lots of others. I still do to this very day. When I started it was through desperation but then it became my obsession because I was learning to prepare MY JOURNEY BACK!
When I hit my rock bottom, you know, homeless, broke, sad, I sought help in books, self-help, personal development, anything I could find at the Library, really. I was hurting more than ever before. It was cool reading about other people's pain and suffering but I wanted more. I wanted somebody to SHOW me their pain and then SHOW me how to get out of their life dilemma. Hmmmm..... I reckon that's pretty sick, but then again I suppose I was. I had endured a lot of pressure and stress and my MIND was not working too well. At that point I was out of it.....my MIND that is!
Anyway I couldn't find a real 'live' mentor so I decided to do it myself by WORKING BACKWARDS. But I had to get better first. So I read. And then read. And then read some more. Accumulating knowledge and wisdom. Little did I know that I was actually studying philosophy. And then I branched out and started reading theology (religious studies) and particularly theosophy (spiritual related), psycholgy and physiology books, medical journals (regarding the workings of the brain) and lots of others. I still do to this very day. When I started it was through desperation but then it became my obsession because I was learning to prepare MY JOURNEY BACK!
I love these type pictures, don't you dot?
But why this is important to MY last 12 months is the relation to TIME. See, because of my predicament, especially not having the resources (money) to kick start a comeback, the whole journey has been frustratingly, hair pullingly SLOW. But my newly gained knowledge was showing me how to compromise. So I studied more. My knowledge and wisdom pointed me in the direction of what the most important area of study was. I found out pretty quick what the hot topic would be....... ME ..
And so to the last 12 months. MY TIME to reflect. Well the two years prior were hard because I was gaining the knowledge and finding myself but in December of 2011 I had the book published. The journey was now in full swing and I had worked out what I had to do...... by WORKING BACKWARDS! I said in the book that I was writing my STORY backwards. I said that I needed to use the 'Bad stuff' as the foundation for the story. To do that I needed to create EXPOSURE which meant a lot of embarrasment, swallowing of any PRIDE I had left, and a whole new world of problems. In July I arranged a full page on me in the Gold Coast Bulletin, then the media frenzy happened. Even better I got on national TV with my story 5 minutes before the Olympics coverage meaning well over an extra half million viewers. Then radio, magazines etc.
So now I have what I needed to move forward, the FOUNDATION of the STORY exposed to one and a half million viewers. Cooool, job done.
Prior and during the media frenzy I have been preparing what comes next. It will happen in February if I have my way (the world goes into holiday mode for January and there are no television or radio ratings).
So now I have what I needed to move forward, the FOUNDATION of the STORY exposed to one and a half million viewers. Cooool, job done.
Prior and during the media frenzy I have been preparing what comes next. It will happen in February if I have my way (the world goes into holiday mode for January and there are no television or radio ratings).
.....you little cutie you......
So TIME is ticking still. Tick tick tick.... My BLOG thingie numbers are through the roof, so thanks for being interested. But more importantly keep clicking because some pretty amazing stuff is going to start happening. And, as promised I will tell you about it before it happens, as per my WORKING BACKWARDS model. Don't forget where this is all heading, my DotsHQ network.......
The last 12 months for me wasn't really a BLINK because living as I do seems to extend TIME to eternity but that won't last much longer. So watch right from the start of January when I will give you a giggle or two and a STORY y'aall won't forget in a hurry.....
Until then stay cooool..... I'll do a quick BLOG thingie tomorrow to wish y'all a Happy New Year....
See ya dots....
The last 12 months for me wasn't really a BLINK because living as I do seems to extend TIME to eternity but that won't last much longer. So watch right from the start of January when I will give you a giggle or two and a STORY y'aall won't forget in a hurry.....
Until then stay cooool..... I'll do a quick BLOG thingie tomorrow to wish y'all a Happy New Year....
See ya dots....
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