Hey, Me! Get Out of My Way

Written by David Stoddard


How often it is we give up wanting to do something even before we give ourselves an honest chance of succeeding.

Perhaps, we begin writing our autobiography. We getrepparttar table of contents andrepparttar 123901 introduction written, then we let it sit because we don't think anyone will care.

We begin a diet over a weekend. Within a couple of days, we are back to our normal habits because we didn't see any immediate results.

Maybe we want to start a desktop publishing business. We get it started andrepparttar 123902 clients start coming in sooner than we expected. Because of our past experiences where we have been so good at what we did, we only remember getting bombarded with more and more work when we wish we could have taken a break. We may see how this can end up, so we slack off and letrepparttar 123903 business of our dreams fade away.

Or maybe we have this idea of having our own place onrepparttar 123904 Internet. We create a page, then we have different ideas to put on it. Then we think of starting a business with it. Then we also want to have a newsletter for people. Then we want to do web pages for others. Then we go back and work on ways to get people to read our newsletter. But we need a better web site. So we start from scratch andrepparttar 123905 circle continues. Having too many things we would like to do can stop us as well.

Personally, I've become an expert at getting out of my own way when it comes to doing things. After all, I have gotten in my own way over and over and over again for years. I still fit that last one way too often.

There are so many different ways we stop ourselves. But what can we do about them?

- I'm not good enough: Well, right now, a group of students are being given a lecture byrepparttar 123906 worst teacher. The worst actor is starring in a made-for-television movie. Andrepparttar 123907 worst boy band is putting on a show for friends and family in their garage.

- No one will be interested: Just look around at some ofrepparttar 123908 things you see on television or read in newspapers or books or magazines. It's amazing some things have lasted this long.

Music of the Heart Will Not Be Silent

Written by Stephanie West Allen


Most of Beethoven’s masterpieces were composed while he was deaf. He had inside him music that would not be stilled by life’s circumstances. His music triumphed over suffering.

The last movement ofrepparttar Ninth Symphony is choral music Beethoven set to Friedrich von Schiller’s poem “Ode to Joy.” Beethoven believed this poem celebratedrepparttar 123900 brotherhood of man.

On May 7, 1824, whenrepparttar 123901 Ninth Symphony premiered, Beethoven was on-stage conducting. Also on-stage was a supplementary conductor necessary because of Beethoven’s deafness. Whenrepparttar 123902 “Ode to Joy” movement was over,repparttar 123903 audience erupted in applause. Beethoven did not turn around as he could not hear them.

Turn Around and See What You Have Created

One ofrepparttar 123904 chorus members broke protocol and moved towards Beethoven. He took hold ofrepparttar 123905 composer’s arm. Beethoven gave him a fierce look butrepparttar 123906 chorus member persisted gently turning him around. By thenrepparttar 123907 applause had subsided.

As Beethoven looked out intorepparttar 123908 audience, they began to rise in standing ovation. First one person and then many and then all. It is said that a single, small tear of joy slipped downrepparttar 123909 composer’s cheek. It is also said that another tiny companion tear rolled downrepparttar 123910 cheek ofrepparttar 123911 chorus member standing next to him.

Some Questions for You

What gift inside of you is so strong that it must triumph over any adversity (or shyness or inactivity or busy-ness) and come out for others to enjoy? Are you still holding it in, sapping creative energy by squelching it? What will it take for this ability, this genius, to flow out of you on a stream of inspiration?

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