Finally last night he said, "DO you remember when you did Little Mary Sunshine, and the director cast me as the "Sincere" Forest Ranger?" It was true. It's the way people always cast Dan. "I feel as if I'm still playing that part but I'm in the wrong production." I think a lot of us here feel that way.
It's odd how we get to certain places in our lives and suddenly start wondering how we "got there", isn't it?
A couple of years ago, I started to give a lot of thought to what I wanted to do with the rest of my life and started making some changes. Of course, as you know, I've been thrown a curve ball and am making a detour for a little while, but..for the most part... I'm following through on many of my plans.
It might be interesting to discuss how other people look for direction in their lives. In my own case, I sat down on ...let's see... it was May 28, 1998, and wrote a small manifesto pertaining to what I want to do for the rest of my life and how to "get there". I stuck it on a nail over my desk and whenever I start losing my way and can't find the crumbs that lead back to the trail, I get down my "map" and read it again so that I can push on without becoming lost. The "map" includes all of the "instructions" that I need... subject to modification of course... things like: "where" and "how" I want to live out my days; what seems to be important to me; how I want to spend my time; what kind of work would "really" make me feel good. It's rather surprising how simple it all seems when you give yourself permission to just start writing your own manifesto... with no rules to stop you from putting down whatever it is that you desire out of life... So odd that we can lose our way when it's so easy to make our own map....
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