Thursday, July 12, 2012

Genesis!

In my past life, living under the rock, I was a Father, a Husband and a self-employed carpenter. I lived life by default, taking whatever life threw at me each day. Everyday was predictable; get up, get kids off to school, go to work, come home, make dinner, do some lawn maintenance, watch a little tv and then got to bed. The next day, I would get up and do it all over again. I put everyone elses' wants and needs before my own for so long I didn't even know what my own wants and needs were anymore. I didn't know who I was!! (I still don't, but I'm getting closer) Society, status quo, dictated my life. I thought and lived with the standards of rural majority. I was prejudiced and ignorant.
Well that was then and this is now!!! I am still a Father, but no longer a husband. My sons are grown and take care of themselves for the most part. I am free!!
One of the first things I did in the genesis of this new life was to go back and finish a college degree I started back in the early eighties. I actually started this before leaving the home I lived in with my ex-wife and kids. I earned a Bachelor of Elective Studies degree in December of 2009, two months after moving into my own apartment. I am proud of myself for finally finishing this.
The next year was spent grieving and blaming and trying to figure out what to do next. I knew there was more to life than what I was living. I needed to find out who I was at the core and what it was I liked, what are my passions (a term I never used).
I began to do things I never thought of doing before. I went to a symphony at the nearby University I graduated from. I listened to the music with a greater appreciation for the complexity and the talent and found the experience to be quite enlightening, I really loved it! I went to more symphonies, orchestras and ensembles and loved most of them. My oldest son, who also loves classical music, took me to see the Nutcracker ballet too. This is something I never thought of before, and found I liked it as well, who knew!
I have also begun to eat better as well. The days of Hamburger Helper are behind me! I have found that my new favorite cuisines are Thai and Indian, and the ingredients will be local and organic. There are so many herbs and spices used with distinct flavors and many levels of heat.
My spiritual self is also emerging. I have always known that I was not necessarily religious, but did believe there is a higher power. I have learned of the laws of attraction and that we are all capable of "creating" our own lives. I have been practicing this, not by any stretch an expert, but I am practicing. I will write more of this later as I understand it more.
Those are just a couple of the things I have learned of myself so far. I want to continue with this blog too, so I can improve my communication skills. Right now, it seems it kind of goes all over the place, but I am confident it will get better and anything is better than nothing at all. I will also start adding some pictures soon,  the friend I spoke of in the first post has been adding pictures and is doing well. She is still an inspiration!!
Till next time.....

Just practing adding pictures!

     

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

What am I going to Blog about?

I originally started this blog to help a friend format her blog site; to make a templet to start with. She has now published numerous posts. She is inspired and motivated to keep going. In my opinion, she is able make the reader feel her excitement, see her inspiration and take their own action. That was just my most recent inspiration to take a shot at blogging. I have heard from others and read in articles and books that writing is a great way to stimulate creativity. I have felt for awhile that I have been living under a rock! It is time to get out from underneath my rock and start experiencing a world that "I" create! My goal is to improve my communication skills, find out what I like, who I am at the core, transform those things about myself that are not working and create new possibilities for living a powerful, peaceful and free life! I have no idea at this moment what that is going to look like, but it will be fun finding out!