Nothing is Impossible! Follow Your Bliss!

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

- Audrey Hepburn

I was visiting my dad today and on the elevator wall, his assisted living have a bulletin board of all the events for the day.  They also had the above as the quote of the day.  You can also find it at    http://www.brainyquote.com/  Another way to look at that sentence is “No thing is impossible.”

So what does that mean for you and me?  We have a giant range of amazing things we can do.  We have so many choices that at times, it’s baffling or overwhelming.  There are many influences on us like friends and family.  There are stronger influences called dreams, and it is dreams that lead people to do remarkable things.

When I was young, I wanted to be an actress and write books.  People laughed.  Adults should not laugh at the dreams of children.  It’s bad form.  Sometimes I think when an adult laughs at a child’s dreams, they are laughing at themselves because they regret not following their own.

“Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience” (quoted from http://herojourneys.com/follow-your-bliss-a-collection-of-joseph-campbell-quotes/ . His famous quote is “Follow your Bliss!”  A few years back, I was watching a series of interviews with Joseph Campbell on National Public Television out of Boston when they broke for some fundraising.  They announced that one of their staff after seeing Dr. Campbell explain  “Follow your bliss”  announced that they were leaving  to follow their own bliss and she did, right there in that moment.  The good doctor who wrote THE HERO’S JOURNEY as well as other books also said, “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

From the time I was a child to now, I was an actress in community theater for a while.  I even went to Los Angeles to check it out.  It wasn’t for me.  As for writing books, that is already part of my history.  Being an author is my bliss.  Writing a book that is fun for the reader is my bliss.  Many times people do not follow their bliss, because they are afraid to fail.

What would you do?  I’m seriously asking here.  What would you do if you knew you absolutely could not fail?   What impossible thing would you do?  Smiles!

-Susan
Susan Hanniford Crowley
http://www.susanhannifordcrowley.com

Vampire King of New York now out in print at Amazon and Barnes and Noble Online.

P.S.  Pi-Com, the friendliest little convention in New England, a convention of science fiction, fantasy and horror.  Rumor has it, I will be there.  http://pi-con.org/


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