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The SOUR GRAPES of WRATH By Candice Beu We can all get disappointed, tired, angry and defensive when our valiant efforts at success seem to fail over a long period of time. But what do you do when you hit that catalyst moment, that tipping point between giving up and giving it one more go? Do you throw a fit, throw in the towel or propel yourself forward? When your once optimistic dreams seem more and more out of reach do you whine to anyone who will listen, blaming the fruit, the vine and everything under the sun for those grapes being so far away? Or do you start to figure out a new way to extend yourself and your tools that little bit further so you can knock some grapes loose and turn them into a fine wine? Most musicians, artists and entertainers come to a point in their lives and careers where they start feeling old and over the game. They often start playing the dangerous “what if” game in its place. What if I did it all differently? What if I would have taken that gig, did that tour, wrote that song, followed through on the right contacts and connections at the right time ...years ago... where would I be now? That line of questioning is a bottomless pity pit that you will never fill. It’s hard to say whether you’d be any worse or any better off than you are today. 32 A more productive way to play the “what if” game is to use it as an innovative and motivational self examination tool. What if I stopped wasting time on the things I can’t control or change about the past? What if I started applying myself and my gifts to the current trends in order to change my present circumstances? What if I set my sights ahead of the curve and discovered new outlets for my self expression? What if I stopped blaming others and just started doing something, anything, other than wallowing in old stories of victimization and defeat? Excuses are easy. Action takes a lot more than that. Motivation and productivity won’t just hit you, like inspiration. You gotta make that shit happen. You can’t wait around hoping to be motivated enough to do something with your gifts or sit around in hopes that someday someone will come knocking down your door for your particular brand of talent. You have to learn how to be self initiating. You are the mill that creates the motivation that puts your talents to work. You are the one who knocks.
So put your brain, your hands and your voice on the payroll. Create your niche, find your audiences and get to work on those micro movements. Inspiration doesn’t spring up and opportunities don’t come knocking until you put the time and effort into reconnecting your physical body to the spirit within and the world around you as it is today. If you really want to get angry, then harness that wrath productively. Get mad at inactivity. Get mad at lethargy. Get mad at the useless old habits that keep you down but don’t waste energy arguing for your limitations, fighting the past or taking it out on the grapes. It’s not the grapes’ fault. In traditional culinary, if you do get a bag of sour grapes and still want to use them, the suggestion is to turn the heat up and roast em. If you tend to get nothing but bitterness from your old memories, maybe it’s time to throw them on the fire. Burn them up, let them go or roast them ‘til you find the sweet humor behind the disappointment. You either have to move on or repurpose the old into something fresh and innovative. Most importantly you have to own your own journey and be accountable for your choices. It’s essential to survival in this realm, period. The only constant in life is change so you gotta practice embracing the challenges of change and shift your perspective on how you identify with it. Go with what the energies are presenting you with in the present moment and make it work, as Tim Gunn says. Life is too short and opportunities fly by too fast to get sidetracked by what I call the Uncle Rico syndrome. If you’ve seen the movie “Napoleon Dynamite” then you know that the character of Uncle Rico lives in the “what if” world of his 1982 high school football heydays. “If only” is his anthem and his armor. Don’t be an Uncle Rico. Better to be a Pedro and do something proactive and outrageous to make your wildest dreams come true. 33
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