Natya Angeli" performance... definitely the hardest thing I've ever learned.
I sometimes wonder if the picture I have of Jamie, sitting knees tucked up against the desk, cup of tea in her hands, looking thoughtfully over the cup as she proofs her blog before she hits ‘publish’, little glowing-red horns sticking up out of her hair is a fair or adequate picture? I swear sometimes that woman is out to make our brains spasmodically flop around like landed-fish.
This is all rather unfair, I know what Jamie is. Outside of amazing, she is also a catalyst. I recognize my own. Those people who ask just the right questions. The questions that have just the right amount of barbs and point-i-ness to get at the core of who you really are, instead of who you are trying to be. Who I am, rather than who I am trying to be. But in a gentle loving way…
So, today, on my most favorite-est of days “Wednesday” Jamie Ridler, chanteuse and weaver of creative magic asks us “What do you wish to learn?” Isn’t she impishly clever? I mean, how simple a question is that on the surface? Now…wait for it…waiiiiit for it…. yup, there, got you too didn’t it? Yup. Are you like me? Do you wish to learn underwater-basket-weaving, while saving manatee while having a personal Klingon coaching session? My kidding only goes so far, but this is close.
So? What do I wish to learn?
I wish to learn the patience required to learn one thing (either mostly or completely) prior to moving on to the next thing I want to learn. I think this hearkens back to last week’s wish for “Completion.”
But yes, in the midst of all I wish to learn, I wish to learn to be a more diligent, focused, dare I say “Single-minded” student when it comes to learning the things I set before myself.
Wow… see, Jamie does it again. No therapist required. Just actually sitting with my brain long enough to allow the answer to fall out on its own.
If you too would like to benefit from or simply witness the wild-wooly-world of Wishcasting Wednesday, please check out Jamie’s site at www.jamieridlerstudios.ca – alternately you can pester her and many other fine creative-types on Twitter at @Starshyne
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As Shamsi wishes for herself, I wish for her also.
Even though it’s not the wish that I posted, your wish is the first one that popped into my head.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I sincerely wish for her as well.
Wishing you nothing but goodness as you strive towards single-mindedness.
Peace to you.
Hi Shamsi,
Single-mindedness sounds good to me. Whoever invented the idea of multi-tasking must not have understood the importance of focusing to finish something worth finishing. Instead we leave a trail of half-finished started something-or-others that clog up our energy field of dreams. I wish for you to finish that which you start, that which you want to complete to feel complete.
Giulietta
Shamsi, nicely put, and what you wish for yourself, so I wish for you as well…
Wow! Didn’t you just write (ever so cleverly) what was in my head…only I couldn’t manage to put on paper, or rather the screen!! I’m totally with you… I started out with a list of ten different things I’d like to do, none of which relate to my bliss or current goals and I thought “What the hell?…. why would I really want to learn any of these things when I have so much unfinished dinner on my plate already!?!”
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so do I wish for her. Infact, I wish it for both of us!!
What a great wish, and i could not agree more, i tend to flit from one project to another and never fully complete anything, thanks for the reminder.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, I wish for her also.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, I wish for her also.
Oh I would do the Klingon..giggle – how fun is that!!??
Wonderful wish hon!! I agree. Sometimes it just seems so simple until it starts to percilate around in my head..then well…not so much!! Hope you are having a good week!! Namaste, Sarah
As Shamsi wishes for herself, I wish for her as well…
and you are right…I responded…then the question rattled around in my head…took me for a walk…spun me around…and I could probably answer that question 12 more times…and have different answers.
here’s to Klingon’s.
As Shamsi wishes for herself I so wish for her as well.
Oh yes, I believe you nailed Jamie down perfectly…and shall we meet underwater for our Klingon coaching session while saving manatees…or can I work on housing the octopi too during that session?
Catalyst, huh? I just love how you always challenge me to think a little deeper…get a little farther out of the box….just make things completely explode for me with red and orange and yellow and allll sorts of happy-color fireworks.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so do I too wish for her.
And I send her loads of big love and waves of admiration.
Ash
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
What a powerful intention, Shamsi. May it guide you with love.
And I can’t believe you can see my horns!
“As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.” P.S. I also wish we could actually meet soon!
Wow, this is a powerful wish. Doing one thing with focused attention until it is complete. And the picture you paint of Jamie so right on target and clever!
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I fragrantly wish for her as well.
I agree that Jamie is an amazing catalyst and the questions that she asks push you to the next level.
Reading your wish this week has really inspired me to push my edge just a little bit more. Thank you for that Shamsi.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.
I’ve read so many good wishes today…each one makes me
think, “Oh, I want that too”….maybe if I were focused
as well, I could get that accomplished! : )
Thanks for your kind words and encouragement.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, I lovingly wish for
her as well.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I do wish for her also.
As you said on my blog “I could have wished that!” I’m very scattered and all over the place when it comes to learning. Sometimes that’s led me to some amazing places, but I think trying focus for awhile would be a good thing!
As Shamsi wishes for herself (patience & diligence), I wish for her also.
Shamsi, may it be so…. all that you wish for yourself…..
But perhaps your gifts lie in your ability to see bigger pictures, rather than specific pictures. Perhaps you are meant to learn lots of parts of lots of things so that you might synthesize that material in a way that “specialists” canNOT.
We are all different. And I know where this wish comes from, Shamsi, believe me!
I was raised by “specialists” but I am a “generalist” and this gives me a BREADTH of knowledge that adds DEPTH to my writing.
It has taken me til now to accept that it’s okay to be a snorkler in a world that prizes deep divers. (To borrow the language of Barbara Sher.)
My wish for you? That you see your gifts as they are. (I hope that’s okay…)
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I sincerely wish for her as well.
Cheers to who you really are!
@BlissChick… see, I think I was really *wanting* someone to tell me that
It’s how i’ve always felt about myself; a starter of things, a big-picture-seer, a ‘scout’ if you will. In reading your response (which I loved your wish for me btw) I was reminded of all of the things you said, but something else was thrown into clear focus, which is my level of control-freak. When I begin things, I hardly ever want to give them up half way through to allow someone else the opportunity to finish. I want to be the one who finishes it… apparently the unsaid is “I want to be the one who finishes it, no matter how long that takes… even if it’s 30 years!” SO! Now I hone the wish to say “I wish to learn when it is time to let go of the learning when the right amount has satisfied the needs of the moment…” Maybe that’s not entirely correct yet either, but now I have the gist of it in my head… thanks love 
My all your wishes come true.
May your pursuit of “single-mindedness” help you reach your goals!
What a beautiful and powerful wish. May your wish come true.
As Shamsi wishes for herself, so I wish for her also.