Christmas Money Well Spent
My son is using the money he got as Christmas presents to make a potato canon. I admire his independent spirit (although I still need to reel him in a little to make sure that he incorporates some safety features into his canon).
Still, he could have used his money to buy a manufactured toy or electronic device, but he chose the path of "do it yourself" self-reliance, which I always encourage.
Society Keeps us Out of Touch
I think a fatal flaw in our society is that we rely on to many "things" to entertain us, to tell us what to eat, what jobs to take, and at the end of the day, to tell us what is important in life. Instead of carving out our own niche, we carve out the niche that society tells us to.
The more we get back to being self-reliant the better off we are, both physically and spiritually. The more we get away from electronic, artificial forms, of entertainment. And, the more we find our entertainment in activities involves physical interaction with others and doing things for ourselves rather than buying everything prefabricated and pre-packaged, the better off we are.
Self Reliance Can Change Our World
Just imagine the cumulative effect this might have on our world. Doctors would be put out of business. Our physical health would improve because we would be eating better foods, watching less television, and getting more exercise.
Americans spend over $20 billion a year to treat clinical depression. We could make better choices by looking within ourselves for guidance, rather than taking our cues from the outside world, and many psychosomatic illnesses would disappear like a playground bully.
Cancer Cured by Following Her Heart
Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art, tells a story you may be familiar with.
A woman is diagnosed with cancer. She immediately quits her job and starts to follow her long forgotten dream of writing Tex-Mex songs (or starts studying classical Greek, or moves to the inner city to devote herself to caring for babies with AIDS). Her friends think that she's crazy, but she has never been happier.
Six month later, her cancer is in remission.
What Does it Take to Make us Change?
Is that what it takes?
Do we have to develop migraine headaches, drink alcohol, take drugs, withdraw into a shell, or destroy our health, before we do the thing that our hearts tell us to do?
You can change right now. It just takes an act of will.
You might start by making a potato canon.
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My Upcoming Radio Interviews
Jan 30th, 10:40 AM (Central Time), I will discuss how people can find their niche in life in what their heart tells them to do, with Patti Penn of WJBC AM 1230 in Bloomington, IL. You can also listen to the interview on the internet at http://wjbc.com/.
Tune in Tuesday, January 10th at 7 PM eastern standard time for post holiday treat, as I will be discussing my new book "Carve Out Your Niche" on the ArtistFirst Radio Network (http://www.artistfirst.com/)
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