Day 31: This chapter looked at those remarkable little paths that people make between the official paths. They are lovingly called 'Desire Lines'. They are the paths that lead where we really want to go, not following the prescribed ones laid out for us. Making our own trails.
The action: Write a story for 10 minutes and start each new paragraph with the lines below-
Once upon a time...
Every day...
But one day...
Because of that...
Because of that...
Because of that...
Until finally...
Ever since then...
If you are interested in my story, write me an email. What you need to know is that this exercise is great for identifying yearnings and perceived obstacles. We need to overcome them and move forward.
Day 32: I would call this chapter "Just Show Up!"
It's all about making that extra effort in life to be there. To be the creator of your own fate, not the world around you. Not the magazine in your lap, or the advertisements on the radio. Not the messages from the little voice in your head saying, "It's not possible. It's too scary. I'm too tired."
Action: Write for 4 minutes on what are the paths not taken in your life. Then another 3 minutes on if there were 3 paths in the forest - describe where they go. For the last 3 minutes describe the animal that might keep you from each of the paths.
Action: Write for 4 minutes on what are the paths not taken in your life. Then another 3 minutes on if there were 3 paths in the forest - describe where they go. For the last 3 minutes describe the animal that might keep you from each of the paths.
(photo by Paul de Bruin)
Challenge: Get yourself THERE - those places that you hate (the gym, the dentist) or scare you (the hospital bed of a sick friend, the tax consultant). Go outside and walk in the forest. Go buy an ice cream. See that movie you've been dying to see - in the middle of the afternoon.
Get yourself to your life. Go now - or you'll miss it.
Day 33: This day was about looking at things from different perspectives - as many as possible. Sometimes by doing this we realize that what we thought was a mistake actually opened up a whole new solution. The well known landscape painter on public television, Bob Ross says, "There are no mistakes, just happy accidents."
Action: Pick an object and photograph or write about it from 20 different perspectives or angles. How did changing the perspective affect how you saw it? How might this play out in your own life?
I chose a shell and the results were interesting. I got it too look short, and in another it almost looks like an animal.
Day 33: This day was about looking at things from different perspectives - as many as possible. Sometimes by doing this we realize that what we thought was a mistake actually opened up a whole new solution. The well known landscape painter on public television, Bob Ross says, "There are no mistakes, just happy accidents."
Action: Pick an object and photograph or write about it from 20 different perspectives or angles. How did changing the perspective affect how you saw it? How might this play out in your own life?
I chose a shell and the results were interesting. I got it too look short, and in another it almost looks like an animal.
Challenge: For the next 37 days be a conscious explorer. Every day pick a new path, get lost, connect with someone different from you, eat in a restaurant you have never tried.
"Fear is what prevents the flowering of the mind" - Krishnamurti
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