Follow your curiosity inch by inch and it will lead you to your passion. – Elizabeth Gilbert
We all feel on the fringe at times. We ARE on the fringe most times. We are on the fringe of “mainstream” or “normal”…or at least that is how we feel.
The reality is that there is a tribe of people who think a lot like us. Who like a lot of the same things we like. Who want to connect with people who are like us. They belong in this tribe and so do we! So are we ever really on the fringe?
Here’s an update on where I’m at in the Dream Challenge. Obviously, I didn’t stop at 30 days or even 40 days. Why should I? If I am finding this helpful…I’m going to keep at it. Rules (like 30 or 40 days) are meant to be broken, especially when I choose to make the challenge a lifestyle.
I finished reading More or Less by Jeff Shinabarger. WOW!!! Not the topic of today’s post but I highly recommend it and let’s just say you will hear more when I figure out what my first “enough” experiment will be.
I also just finished Malcolm Gladwell’s new book David and Goliath. I read to absorb so it is hard for me to recap or review but I will make this connection for you. When you think of the fringe and a small tribe of people who believe in you and your ability to do anything you put your mind to…do you feel like that is still inadequate? That its not big enough yet? That you are too much of an underdog to do anything amazing? Think again.
This week I’ve also considered co-creating a book and/or publishing an anthology of collected writings from a group of writers that has yet to be decided on a topic that has yet to be decided.
Again, I remind you all that I may not do ALL of these things but the time spent dreaming about each is vivid and I get to think and feel through the process and so the things I actually blog about are things I will consider in the future.
I was inspired this week watching the Emerging Women Live conference by something said by Elizabeth Gilbert, famous author of Eat, Pray, Love. She is critical of the “find your passion” mindset as she thinks it paralyzes people. And then she said…
Follow your curiosity inch by inch and it will lead you to your passion. – Elizabeth Gilbert
These ideas I am dreaming about are my curiosities. They are leading me to investigate new directions and I believe that one day when I look back at these early dream days I will find the seeds of my future. And my dreams may look very different than their seeds but that’s to be expected. Does any plant look like its seed?
30 Dream Days 
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