Trying To Defy Gravity....But Why?
I forgot about how amazing it feels to share my thoughts and musings. That was, at least, until my Sister began a blog centered on her adventures in Kenya! Who knew! She was so excited to go and seems so thrilled to be there! I am not sure I would ever be quite brave enough to go off on such an adventure. My adventures are small in comparison and their significance is not seen by all but, for the most part, is felt by me. And so, after neglecting soul-shine, I have picked back up. Don't allow me to drop this blog! I need to practice the art I went to school for. Here is hoping that I can follow through on this task and create something worthwhile. After all, I have books full of writing simply waiting to be shared.
And here is a good place to start. I named this blog "Trying to Defy Gravity" the concept is admittedly stolen from Gregory McGuires famous novel and the even more famous Broadway Musical that followed in it's footsteps, "Wicked". Unlike the main character in both of these works of art, I am not Green, nor am I in the habit of training Monkeys to fly or trying to dissappear little girls with pig-tails simply because they borrowed my sister's red shoes. The essence of this character, Elphaba, that I would like to capture in my own life is that she defies convention. She tries to do the right thing and perhaps she is not evil as the Wicked Witch she is portrayed as in Frank L. Baum's children's novels. I want to want to defy gravity. I want to feel deep within myself that I am meant for something grand and wonderous. Something beyond even my understanding. Don't we all have some way in which we wish that we could "defy gravity" as it were. Don't we all have the proverbial personal legacy for which we are searching.
My Personal Legacy, at least the way I see it, is to defy gravity. To do something never done before. Or perhaps it does not even have to be that complex. I want to do something fantastic. Even if it has already been done. I want the opportunity to do something phenomenal. To be a great educator. To be a note-worthy writer, to be person who people look at and think "she has it all figured out. She defies convention" That is why I try to defy gravity. Simply so that I can prove to myself that I can.
And I encourage you to do the same. Do something amazing. Be something amazing. Even if in the smallest way, do something every day that defies your expectations for yourself. This space will document who i am and who I want to become. No promises that it will always be amazing. I won't promise you that I will always shock and awe you. I can't promise that you will never be bored with my thoughts. But perhaps that is not what it is about. Isn't this blog itself an act of trying to defy gravity?
