Friday my fortune cookie said, “Your dearest wish will come true.”<\/p>\n
Well, that would be nice. Maybe then I’d know what it is.<\/p>\n
In the early 1990s, I was struggling to figure out my next steps in life. A very wise friend of mine told me, “The hardest part is knowing what you want.”<\/p>\n
So true. Eventually I figured out that what I really wanted was to travel and live overseas, working with journalists in those cultures. After that, I found the way without much difficulty.<\/p>\n
I did that for two decades. Now … I need something else.<\/p>\n
All this year, I have been struggling again with this basic question. What do I really want? What is my dearest wish?<\/p>\n
Every morning I do affirmations along with my forward bends: I remain faithful to the light. I greet each day with gratitude. I create the life that is my heart’s desire.<\/i><\/p>\n
What is my heart’s desire?<\/p>\n
And now I know. Or rather, now I admit.<\/p>\n
I want to create. Songs, videos, paintings, photographs, sculptures, installations, immersive sensory experiences … all that I imagine, that springs from spirit, that makes me feel I can breathe … the flow that makes me forget time, pain, and the darkness that oozes like a swamp.<\/p>\n
Today’s penny is a 2015. Yes. Again. This year. This moment. Now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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