Musings on a Rainy Day

I love rain!

It has been raining all day, and I am sitting here at my desk with the window open listening to it come down. There have been spurts of heavy rain, and there have been continuous downpour.

As I sit here, my mind runs rampant, as it usually does when I am in surroundings that are soul soothing, and a good downpour is always that, for me at least.

Why is it that I am attracted to doing so many things? Why can’t I pursue more than one thing at a time? What is wrong with me? Is there anything really wrong with me? I mean, if I am given the desire, does it not mean I should be given the means to fulfill them?

I know what the answer is, at least according to the conventional wisdom. But then, I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes by Ron LaGrande, “Conventional wisdom is almost always wrong.”

As I sit here pondering these thoughts, my mind drifts afloat in a reverie of its own. Oh, the things I’d like to do in this life, and how I am passionate about every single one of them. So why can’t I?

My eyes drift over to the book I have checked out from the library that is sitting on my desk, patiently waiting my attention. Refuse to Choose by the amazing Barbara Sher. It’s a book that my son had pointed out to me a couple of months ago, when I was at the library. Then this past week my good friend Cathy and I were visiting the library and the same book was handed to me by Cathy. Okay, I can take a hint. I checked it out.

As I read the introduction, I get excited. It is all about me, and it tells me that there is nothing wrong with me for wanting to do a million things simultaneously, and no, it has nothing to do with ADD either. I am loving it.

Then there is the matter of the Morning Pages that I have been meaning to blog about. Well, actually, it is about what I discovered through my Morning Pages.

The first entry, made on Sept, 30th starts out with “Oh, how we love to resist change”, and I have been struggling with making some changes in my life, and now I know why. The struggle is there not because I am resisting change, but because I am trying to make the wrong changes. I am trying to make changes that don’t fit my DNA. Oh, how I love that term now. Thank you, Gary Vanderchuk.

That reminds me, I still have to finish reviewing his book as I promised. Oh, this is so exciting. So many things to do, and yes, I CAN do them all. There is nothing wrong with being multi-faceted. Who says I HAVE to focus on only one thing and go for it? Well, whoever it is, I reject your so called wisdom. I choose to trust me.