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Morning Platitude from The GratiDude

When you find certain activities or things that you really enjoy doing, and when you do them, you are utterly present and in the moment, you have found the things that you are supposed to be doing.

I heard a great interview with a wise old Sage near the end of his life, and he was asked what the key to life is when it comes to making decisions as they are presented to you.

His response was unique, at least as far as I have heard in that his advice was to choose excitement, to always choose passion.

What do you want to say this older man was that whenever he had a decision and it could even be as simple as two forks in the road of a path in the woods while he was going for a walk or it could be as complicated as two different opportunities that he has For where he wants to live and move to start a new. In other words, it could be a seemingly small decision like the choice of path in the woods that at the end of the day won’t make that much difference because he will still return to his parking spot where his car is or walk back down out of the woods and into civilization, regardless of the meandering or circuitous route that he takes.

It may seem a bit more carefree to say that when you are presented with a big life decision, like where you want to live at a particular point of your life, that you should not factor things like excitement and passion, and you should instead focus on things like financial returns, expenses, job opportunities, and other more economic and pragmatic factors.

No, this is exactly the type of decision. You need to choose passion and choose excitement. This wise old Sage went on to say that you’ll come to another decision and again choose the two options the one that when you close your eyes makes your heart flutter with excitement more than the other.

If you keep choosing the things that drive your passion, provide contentment, and arouse your interest, then you’re feeding the voice inside you and nourishing your higher self, which provides you the intuition that translates your decision in the form of excitement.

To become a professional world, class musician, and instead of choosing to perform in front of other bipedal, hairless monkeys, like yourself, a.k.a. human beings, you instead choose to experiment, playing your music in the wild for animals on farms, and in other locations to provide music for other creatures besides just humans.

When this young man chose to play in front of animals for the first time, he did so because the thought excited him, and the possibilities were intriguing. He trusted his intuition, played for the animals, and received boundless joy. He then realized that there were many more animals and he wanted to experience playing for all diverse types of animals to see if the reactions would be similar or different and how they all would respond.

He was now activated, enjoying it passionate about it, and he had discovered something that gave him a connection to something much bigger than himself in the form of how his music created thoughtful and appreciative responses in the animal kingdom.

The animals are also responding, not just to music, but also to their authentic energy and the fact that they trust their heart and higher self to do what they are doing. He is not deciding whether he’s going to play for the animals based upon if other people are doing it or considering what other people’s opinions or thoughts would be of his practice.

Opinions are like assholes and are not necessarily valid or important because those folks haven’t walked a mile in his moccasins or in his hooves.

You can imagine some of the reactions in the music community or in his friend’s community when he explained that he was going to pursue performing for animals and documenting it for social media. There were people in his circle that questioned this decision, and even expressed an opinion that he shouldn’t do it.