A couple of days ago, I was in my local Super Target grocery shopping. I was towards the front of the store in the produce area, when from the back in the dairy area, I heard a toddler scream out at the top of her lungs, " I WANT IT, I WANT IT NOW! Now the odd thing is, in my mind I immediately started hearing the same song by Queen. I was just about at the rockin' guitar part, when I realized what an untamed little brat this was, and why wasn't her parent doing us all a favor by shutting her up. What an indignant kid. But it wasn't really her fault.

A day later, the ghost of that kid was still with me. I started thinking about, how in our current digital high tech society, we are just like that kid. We want it, and we want it now. We live with instant access of information, and communication. From entertainment to finances, what used to take days, now takes seconds.

The challenge with that, is that our physical world doesn't work like that. We like to think we can control things, that are out of our control. Time and weather, are the first things that come to mind. We try to work with time by how we use it, but it keeps moving forward. It's the tagline from the old newsreel, " Time marches on.." We plan it, mark it, record it, but we can't stop it. So because we live in this instant gratification, fast forward world, we start to expect immediate results all the time. But things don't work that way. We see messages for instant results for cold sores, clogged drains, indigestion, and our weight. We become frustrated because the promises don't match the results.

The hard part, is also fairly easy. We just need to pause, not stop, and realize that all things in life work on their own time. I remember from one of the Star Trek movies ( the one where Kirk dies ) Malcom McDonald's character is some sort of evil scientist, bent on trying to shift time so he can go into some parallel dimension. In the end of the movie, he realizes you can't control time. The same goes for us, all we can do is observe and just be. We need to try and stop our tendencies to demand something that we have little control over. The sun will rise tomorrow, but we can't control if it's going to be sunny or rain.

An Apology

I started this blog one year ago with good intentions of sharing and exchanging ideas about creativity, life, and the human spirit. Well life kind of got in the way. The short version is that I was affected by the change in the economy. That's a elusive and tactful way of saying, that I had a challenging year, and my life has changed. Now that the dust has settled a bit, it's time to try this again. Anyone out there who came looking for some content, I'm sorry. This year will be different.

Intoduction

This blog is meant as a journal and a forum, for all the ramblings , and goofy stuff, with a little of the nuts and bolts of what I teach. It's kind of like a behind the scenes look of the other things going on in my mind.

It is my philosophy that we are all born as creative beings, but as we go through life, we encounter speed bumps, either inflicted by other s, or by ourselves, that closes off that spirit. We can reconnect with that spirit again, and when we do we can see this journey of life with new eyes.

It is meant as a feedback forum. To open up discussion of topics that are not normally presented in the regular media. It's that phrase from Jerry McGuire, " things we think,but do not say". It is meant to be lighthearted. There may be times when I write something a little more serious, but that's the way life is. If I could stipulate a couple of topics that I would like to avoid, they would be religion and politics. I think there are enough other forums for that.

This forum is meant as a social barometer if you will. I think sometimes we need to check the temperature to make sure we're not too hot or cold. It seems that social attitudes and our actions ( or reactions ) are moving faster and faster. We are no longer passengers on the train, but instead we're watching it past the station in a blur. This is why I feel it is so important to reconnect with our creative spirit, so that we can live our authentic life.