{"id":4850,"date":"2013-03-14T22:38:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T02:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=4850"},"modified":"2013-03-14T22:46:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T02:46:16","slug":"not-a-dress-rehearsal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/not-a-dress-rehearsal.html","title":{"rendered":"Not A Dress Rehearsal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-prn1\/s480x480\/62409_10200283998296381_357910145_n.jpg\" alt=\"Yes ~\" width=\"167\" height=\"291\" \/>This is\u00a0 a deceptively simple concept and yet how often do we pretend that it isn&#8217;t so? We may tell ourselves that life will be ever so much better when things change&#8230;when we grow up and move out, when we have a loving partner, the job of our dreams, the slim, trim, svelte body we desire (ours or someone else&#8217;s), graduate college, make a six or seven figure income, live in a home that would be the envy of the neighborhood, drive a stylin&#8217; car, have a gorgeous wardrobe&#8230;..\u00a0 It&#8217;s that endless search for gratification outside of ourselves that we think will fill us up and only has us hungering for more, never satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>I get sucked into that endless cycle hamster wheel at times as well and then I remind myself how rich and juicy life is when experienced moment by moment. As I&#8217;m typing these words into my laptop at my dining room table, there is a vase of wilted flowers with closed roses and literally two open pink and white flora whose name escapes me at the moment, listening to Canadian artist Feist singing &#8220;How Come You Never Go There?&#8221; in her bluesy, hip swaying, eyes closed manner and sipping\u00a0blueberry acai green tea\u00a0as I wind down my day. It started out heading into my\u00a0 job as a drug and alcohol counselor and then home in time to host my radio show called It&#8217;s All About Relationships on Vivid Life Radio\u00a0 and interviewing sacred sexuality teacher Sarita who was calling in from France where it was 1 a.m. and she ran through the snow to a neighbor&#8217;s house to use his land line since her internet was down and she couldn&#8217;t call in via skype. Such dedication to keeping her commitment. An hour later, I listened to the replay and smiled with delight and felt extremely blessed to be able to speak to people worldwide as I&#8217;m sitting in my suburban Philly home, just as the words that come through me are being read by folks in countries I may never visit except in my vivid imagination.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I am heading to Virginia and Maryland to attend a workshop\u00a0taught by a California based spiritual teacher\/healer friend\u00a0and then speaking at a women&#8217;s conference. That is part of my on stage without a rehearsal life. The truth is, we really don&#8217;t need a rehearsal to be our genuine, crystal clear selves, living with spontaneity and authenticity. We can become improvisational livers and lovers of life.\u00a0 Enjoy your weekend to the fullest. Catch you on the other side of it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-hQ3QsGd3BU\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/-hQ3QsGd3BU<\/a>\u00a0 How Come You Never Go There?- Feist<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vividlife.me\">www.vividlife.me<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is\u00a0 a deceptively simple concept and yet how often do we pretend that it isn&#8217;t so? We may tell ourselves that life will be ever so much better when things change&#8230;when we grow up and move out, when we have a loving partner, the job of our dreams, the slim, trim, svelte body we&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12,13,19,14,4,16,7,38],"tags":[151,2927,2928,2732,1249,2931,2930,2929,2841],"class_list":["post-4850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss-kiss-for-your-weekend","category-blissfull-thinking","category-empowerment","category-how-to-invite-bliss","category-inspiration","category-my-personal-bliss","category-re-creating-your-life","category-transformation","tag-canadian","tag-feist","tag-how-come-you-never-go-there","tag-its-all-about-relationships","tag-maryland","tag-sacred-sexuality","tag-sarita","tag-virginia","tag-vivid-life-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Not A Dress Rehearsal - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/03\/not-a-dress-rehearsal.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Not A Dress Rehearsal - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is\u00a0 a deceptively simple concept and yet how often do we pretend that it isn&#8217;t so? 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