Success? Lessons: Theme 2, 3, 4 Creative, Control,
Love!
By Odell Sneeden Hathaway, III.
Success? Lessons: Theme 2, 3, 4, Creative, Control, Love!Copywrite ©, 2008 By Odell Sneeden Hathaway, III Theme 2 Creative* Imagination. (From being a Vulcan). * Logic. (From being a Vulcan). * Being creative. (From being a photo Journalist). * Finding a way to let my muse have a pulpit. (From being a priest). * The ability to find something in side and make contact with it. (From being a writer) * Success to me has to be saying yes to the will of God or at least trying to. (From The Girl I first loved) * Answering the call of god. (From being a priest) I do not think that there is any surprise here that I am a creative person and that my dreams would center on my being creative. There is a huge part of me that wants to be so much more creative then I have been. I want to write (and I have been doing a lot more of it) I want to take pictures and make music. I have not played my flute in over 20 years in fact it was damaged and not working but I know that I feel very deprived now that I am physically incapable of playing the flute as I can not form my mouth to blow a note. I have recently gotten out my Recorder and some books on how to play and am teaching my self to play it. But it does not replace the flute. I Might even get my self a key board. I know there are things I have included in this category that one might not consider creative like being logical or answering the call of god. But I would! It is not a question of me being creative or that I should get soul credit for what I have created. But rather that I want to be creative. If that means that I am a pipe for the works that my muse chooses for me to create then that is just fine with me. How am I doing? I would say I have been very successful in being creative. My professional life has been very creative. I have a large collection of writings that I think are good. But as with everything I think I can do better. I feel like I am in a rout at work and while it pays the bills it does not let my muse flow. Theme 3 Control* First of all I wanted to be free! Free in a way that only someone brought up in a world were the moon was something we were going to get could be free. Today the magic is gone for those growing up but then there was no such thing as impossible. (From Being an Astronaut) * The ability to survive not just my child hood but all the vicissitudes of life. Earth quake, dinner parties even finding my wife dead on the floor of our laundry. * Making my own way and rules. (From being a photo Journalist) * Sense of control of my own destiny. (From being a Pilot) I simply do not know if control is the right term for this category. I know that I do not want others (people) to control my destiny at least as far as is possible in a world as interconnected as this one. I know that I want to be in a situation where my survival deepens in large part on my own skills or lack there of. I also know that I want to be free enough to follow the calling of my muse. How am I doing? OK I would say. I am an important part of my company and my absence would hurt the company. But I do not have the kind of control where I can make changes in my life easily. I would like to find a way apart from work to have more control. This sounds like money and in some ways it is. But I think it is something more. I want the ability to choose my own path or follow the one laid out for me. Theme 4 Love* That I have a huge need for someone to care for and be cared for by. (From The Girl I first loved) I do not think there is much that needs to be said about this. How am I doing? That is a hard question to answer. Like the woman in Another Suit case in another hall, my love affairs do not seem to last for long. I know that I have it in me to be a wonderful loving husband. The last 6 years prove that. But my partners either Fiancé or Wife have not been able to appreciate what I had to offer. I hope some day I will find some one like The Girl I first loved who could be my partner. Success? Lessons: Theme
5, 6 Discipline and Brave!
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