The Dream Journey
The Dream Journey
Happy New Year everyone! 2010 promises to be exciting and inspiring and I’m already getting started on my goals and plans for this year. I hope you are, too.
We spent our Christmas in Poland, Ohio. Yes, there is such a place. It is just outside of Youngstown. My hometown of Poland is very quaint and historical. So at Christmas is is so picturesque with small white lights on the trees and welcome lights in the windows of most of the houses. We had some snow and so that completes the Christmas card look.
We had some great holiday favorites including delicious pizzelle cookies (an Italian cookie) and Italian wedding soup. Of course my sister and I stopped by for a lunch at Café Capri. I spent lots of time with my mom and niece and visited with friends and family. The best! New Year’s Day we had friends over to celebrate ringing in 2010.
Tim McDonald (check him out at http://www.ivorytickler.com/) stopped by and graced us with his amazing piano playing. Stop by his site and get one of his Cds. You will love it.
So, I’m back in Nashville ready to get started with my 2010 plans. I started thinking about how I want to plan out this page of my life. You know that saying about best laid plans.. I need to stay open to what may happen. Surprises are good!
This brings me to my next installment in my How Bad Do You Want It series…
Dreams can take you on a side road, be open to the journey and the process of fulfilling them.
Sometimes I am still in amazement as to where my life has taken me. If anyone would have told me 20 years ago that I would be living in Nashville, writing country music, I wouldn’t have believed it. I had spent so much time preparing to work in musical theatre that I was certain I would spend the rest of my life on stage. But after Bill and I got married, we moved to Nashville. I had dabbled in songwriting as a teenager, but it wasn’t until I was in my early twenties that I got really serious about writing.
Think back about who you wanted to be when you grew up. I love how dreams can morph and change, moving in a parallel direction to the life we are living. Do dreams lead us or do we lead our dreams? This is what I mean about being open to the journey. On occasion we may seem to force our dreams into submission. So many times our dreams seem so absolute, that we don’t allow them to have a life of THEIR own and take us on a ride. You may be reading this thinking, I haven’t fulfilled my dreams…but now you may be at a place in your life when you are able to pick up on those dreams, they way they look now, and slowly awaken yourself to their current reality. I think it’s important to be grateful for the journey and for what we gather along the way. There are so many people I’ve met and experiences I’ve had that have taught me so much about myself. I think about how this has helped my writing grow and get stronger, and you can use your journey in this way, too. You may be experiencing something in life that you can write about which would touch many people, even if you think it only applies to you. I remember an internet marketer saying once, if you are passionate about something, there are thousands of other people who are as well.
I would love to hear about your journey and the exciting things that are happening to you along the way.
Whatever you do, stay inspired!
Love and success,
Kirsti
SG NEWS
We are gearing up for our next SG Camp on Saturday March 6, 2010 at Scarritt Bennett on Music Row in Nashville. Returning campers and NSAI members receive 10% off the regular camp price. Industry pros confirmed for camp are Jay Frank/CMT, Penny Dionne, songplugger and author of “Songplugger, Cuts and Bruises”, and Sheree Spoltore/National Membership Director of NSAI.
The Nashville Songbirds will take flight again on Jan. 23rd at the Listening Room in Nashville, TN at 9 pm. Come out for a spontaneous night of hit songs, girl power and lots of fun.
Bridgette Tatum’s new single “I Like My Cowboys Dirty” is going for a major release on Jan. 25th. Kirsti co-wrote the song with Danny Myrick and Darla Perlozzi. Call and request it!
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