Dear Ly,
I am a creative person with a strong desire to write. A recent significant experience in my life has also become my focal point for creation; I am writing a book of this experience. In the meantime, I have to work a regular job to support myself. Although this job should be "just a job," it is filled with drama that creates issues for me. This creates a distraction in my life, and it is hard for me to stay focused on my personal goals. How can I stay focused and complete my personal goals with all the time and emotions the regular job is sucking out of me?
Sincerely,
J.O.B. Wearied Writer
Dear Writer,
Personal power is about the clear choices we make. Love your job. Call it a career instead. Love the people there, laugh a lot, make it a pleasure for others, do not get bitten by the demon Mulengro. The great English author David Herbert Lawrence once wrote, "I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself . . .". Write when you can. Whatever is destiny is destiny. You won't avoid it. It's what you do about each thing along the way that differentiates the individual from the rabble.
That being said, let me tell you a story: You walk into a forest one
day and Morgan le Fey is down by the lake. She gestures for you to join her, and you do. She holds an ordinary china cup. "This is the most powerful talisman in existence," she says, awe apparent. "Looks like a tea cup," you answer. "Looks can be deceiving," she replies. She challenges you to take it to the Grail Castle and place it in its rightful niche. If you can do that, all the worlds ills will cease. Of course, you agree! "The only rule here," she warns, "is that you stay on that path there." She points to a clear trail out of the forest. "No matter what you see or what threatens."
"How easy can that be?" you reply.
Off you go, confident and determined. There are monsters and treasures to the sides of that path in all directions, but, "No, you remember what Morgan said." Then up ahead in the distance, you see a castle. You are almost there. You feel good about yourself. You will save the world. Then the path takes a right angle direction away from your goal. "Oh no! What do I do?" Sadly many people miss the journey of life because of the assumption that it has to be other than how it is. Be careful. There is something in what you have written that is the enemy of creativity. Resentment is a deadly pill. Just write!
Ly x
Dear Ly,
I find myself in a moral quandary, a battle between my pocketbook and
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