Secret 7
One things that leaves me a little confused is in the beginning she speaks of the myth of how people think you need to grow up in an artsy and inspiring environment to live a rich and creative life. then in her example in "Reading about Inspiring Lives" she speaks only of incredible creative women who were brought up in rich and creative lives. That bugged me.
My Creative Heritage
My family is creative, they most all know how to draw and paint. I never really go into it. Was I discouraged? No, I don't think so. I think I'm creative with ideas and words, not images and paper.
My home life most certainly built my confidence. My confidence is strong and vibrant and bright. I can only think that this comes from building confidence in my early years, not destroying it.
The legacy of women in my family is amazing. Independent, strong, beautiful, self-knowing and self-loving. The women in my family inspire and support creative courage in themselves, in each other and in everyone's whose lives they touch.
Guidance Life Review
Two women stick out in my mind. Both about 15-20 years older than me. So, not old enough to be my Mom's age but old enough. Marcia taught me how to network. How to reach out to others in an authentic and genuine way so I could get to know the world better. And Susan spoke words to me that I often repeat to myself "this to shall pass". Words to live by.
Guides were prevalent in my life through my 20s and early 30s. but, in the last 10 years or so, from about 35 to 45 years old not so much. So I did something about it. Jamie has been my coach and the guide that helps me to find the inspiration in my life for almost two years now. She is honest and open and as my guide she is committed to my growth and my healing. And I have a new guide. Laury is an incredible spiritual guide and I look forward to our time together every week.
Identifying My Stylistic Needs
I need an open mind to be honest, not brutally honest, not painfully honest, just honest. To coach me, to advise me, to guide my thoughts to empowerment, not self defeat and to give me perspective. To show me another dimension that I may not be seeing.
Guiding Others
The nature of my work is to guide others. I love it. I feel useful and this talent that I've been blessed with is shared. My creative spirit also created a safe and wonderful networking event for women to celebrate the accomplishment of women, it is called AWEsome. The next event is on March 25, 2009 in Toronto and I invite you come. Email me at romana[DOT]mirza[AT]gmail[DOT]com and I'll send you an invitation. Let me know you are from the TNC book blogging group!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Conquering Saboteurs
Secret Six
I never pursued creative endeavours through school and I can't think of any particular creative endeavour that was sabotaged. I did have a sabotage experience with athletics and so many of the lessons I'm learning here and my frame of reference for this secret is around, let's say, my athletic creativity. The early sabotage was when I made the field hockey team in Grade 10, at 15 years old and was told by my parents that academics was way more important. From that point forward I lost my passion for athletics. I really lost it. I didn't become disinterested it got lost. I feel very sad about it.
There were a few things in this secret that really stood out for me.
Fake it until you make it.
Amen. It's actually not totally faking it in the negative sense of the word. This kind of faking it to me is more like this: have confidence in yourself as you move forward and forge ahead to do it - whatever it is.
So often, teachers don't even realize that their admonishments and criticisms rob a child of the courage to be original and take risks with her ideas.
For me the word teachers can also be replace by parents. I love this statement. Realize and remind all the teachers and parents in your life to always encourage and nurture courage. I have an abundant amount of it and I don't now if it was nurtured or its just a blessing from God that keeps giving. I don't know but I can tell you I am forever grateful for this strength.
"I think it's important to become deeply rooted in who you are, so that when you hear what other people say about your work, you are really listening, not just being defensive. Then you can go home and you can say, that was a mismatch, or I can let that comment roll of my back or that really hurt or gosh, they're right." - Carmella Yager
Amen to that too! What more can I say? Know who you are. I am so incredibly grateful for my pilgrimage to Mecca. What I was left with is one confident, courageous soul. How divine.
I never pursued creative endeavours through school and I can't think of any particular creative endeavour that was sabotaged. I did have a sabotage experience with athletics and so many of the lessons I'm learning here and my frame of reference for this secret is around, let's say, my athletic creativity. The early sabotage was when I made the field hockey team in Grade 10, at 15 years old and was told by my parents that academics was way more important. From that point forward I lost my passion for athletics. I really lost it. I didn't become disinterested it got lost. I feel very sad about it.
There were a few things in this secret that really stood out for me.
Fake it until you make it.
Amen. It's actually not totally faking it in the negative sense of the word. This kind of faking it to me is more like this: have confidence in yourself as you move forward and forge ahead to do it - whatever it is.
So often, teachers don't even realize that their admonishments and criticisms rob a child of the courage to be original and take risks with her ideas.
For me the word teachers can also be replace by parents. I love this statement. Realize and remind all the teachers and parents in your life to always encourage and nurture courage. I have an abundant amount of it and I don't now if it was nurtured or its just a blessing from God that keeps giving. I don't know but I can tell you I am forever grateful for this strength.
"I think it's important to become deeply rooted in who you are, so that when you hear what other people say about your work, you are really listening, not just being defensive. Then you can go home and you can say, that was a mismatch, or I can let that comment roll of my back or that really hurt or gosh, they're right." - Carmella Yager
Amen to that too! What more can I say? Know who you are. I am so incredibly grateful for my pilgrimage to Mecca. What I was left with is one confident, courageous soul. How divine.
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