Wyld Creativity: Something to Prove

Monday, July 30, 2012

Something to Prove

I have been glued to the 2012 Olympic summer games this past weekend and am pretty sure I will continue to be through out the week. I have been really intrigued by the vast number of triumphant stories from the athletes and it is incredible to hear how many of them have overcome incredible odds to be at the Olympics. I feel like I too have had to overcome many challenges these last few years and I relate to the athletes competing and on some level feeling like they have something to prove.

One athlete who everyone has their eyes on is Michael Phelps, I remember his face gracing the cover of so many magazines after his dominant sweep of eight gold medals in Beijing at the 2008 Olympic games. I really feel for him and can only imagine how steep he is in pressure to do well again. I again relate in ways to this stress, it seems the better you do the more people expect from you and I know for me it can be too tiring and stressful to constantly try to prove that you still have what it takes to succeed.

I am just completely taken by the strength and determination of everyone competing. I love to see the families there too, supporting and cheering on their son's and daughters. One of the best moments so far while watching Micheal Phelps compete is watching his family cheer him on. This means the world to them and you can tell by their pure enthusiasm and tension as they watch. It's so awesome to see the family support and encourage, that is in the end what is going to last after all of the excitement has ended.

People are saying Phelps is not the same great swimmer he once was based on the performance shown so far but I don't buy into that talk. I don't think anyone can take away all that he has achieved. There is a time and place for everything, sometimes it all works out together to allow the perfect outcome and you might do everything right the same way the next time and the see the outcome end completely different..

In the end the only person we have something to prove to is ourselves. That is what I hope the athletes remember when the pressure is on. They all deserve to feel proud of their achievements. I haven't personally won any medal's but I'm giving myself one tonight, I deserve Gold for being super awesome!

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The Story of a Prince and a Girl who Dreamed of finding Her Prince.

Once upon a time there was a young woman named Ruby; she lived in a far way kingdom where only the stars in the sky could light the way. The kingdom was tall and made of stone. Inside, it had all of the finest linens and tapestries with winding stair cases, golden mirrors and exotic flowers that stretched the kingdom’s stone walls. The kingdom was surrounded by a large creek bed and had a large wooden draw bridge outside the tall black iron front gates. Beyond the kingdom were many forests, pastures, rivers and hills.

The young woman lived in the kingdom with only her two servants Nigel and Jasmine. They had been with Ruby ever since her mother gave birth to her and have cared for her and loved her since the great royal war that took her family tragically away from her. Years had past since then and Ruby was a young woman now. Since the great royal war she had not seen another person beside her servants. The lands had been deserted as other kingdoms were destroyed and abandoned. No one knew this kingdom existed. It stood in a far off place that only one deserted over grown pathway in the forest would lead to.

Ruby spent her childhood growing up playing with all the animals in the forest, she had names for all of them and would spend her days dancing in the pastures and walking along the creek bed throwing stones into the water. She was content those days as she lived free and enjoyed every tree, every stone, and every pathway near the kingdom. She loved her home but she missed her family and many times she felt alone.

As Ruby grew older she began to stop playing in the pastures and instead she spent her days walking along the creek bed dreaming of finding love and not being alone anymore. Every night outside her balcony she would spend time looking out into the stars and making wishes that one day soon a wonderful man would find the unmarked path in the forest that would lead him to her kingdom.

Nigel and Jasmine were very old now; Ruby took time to care for them and tended to their needs. She would gather food from the garden and make them food to eat and get them blankets to make sure they were comfortable when it was cold. She was not sure how much longer they would live but one thing she knew was how much she admired they’re love for one another and she hold that in her heart for as long as she lived.

It was a warm fall evening; the leaves from the trees were lightly falling as the sun began to set. Ruby was standing on her balcony in her long white silk night gown. As the dark sky began to shine, a light breeze bustled against her gown and her long brown hair blew lightly in the wind. She stood with her hands on the balcony ledge and wished to the stars like she had so many nights before singing” Star light Star bright bring my prince home to me tonight” She stared up into the dark blue sky and began to talk more to the shinning stars.

Just as she was looking up into the sky, talking to the stars a man was following the pathway from the forest that leads to Ruby’s kingdom. He was beginning to approach the edge of the pathway he had began journeying on earlier that day and was about to step on to a beautiful white shiny stoned pebble walk way that would lead up to a draw bridge and to Ruby’s kingdom.

The young man had been travelling for months only eating what he could find along the pathway. Henry was a prince from the golden city of Persia. He was on an expedition when he was captured by rivals and taken to a far away land where he was imprisoned in a place he did not know. Months ago after many nights planning Henry escaped while the guards were sleeping. He thought he would be able to journey home by recognizing land marks but once he had fled the guards he realized that he was further from home then he ever imagined and much to his dismay he did not recognize any of his surroundings. He had been following the sun in hopes of finding his way home. Each day he walked further hoping that one day the pathway would lead him to his family.

Earlier that day Henry had been walking though the forest with large green bushes and fruitful trees around him when he saw a small unmarked pathway that was ragged and old. There were no fruit trees, only old tall trees and an old pebble pathway that seemed run down and abandoned.

He was going to continue to walk on the pathway he had been but something caught his eye as he walked past this abandoned trail. Henry saw a small red ruby attached to a ring lying in between some wet leaves. The sun was shining on it and it glistened and shinned at him. He bent down and lifted the leaves around it away and dusted the ring off and looked at. The ring was prestigious and fit for a princess. He thought about continuing on the main pathway road through the forest but he was drawn down this unmarked pathway. He wondered if this ruby red ring belonged to someone. He put the ring in his pocket and began to walk along the jagged unmarked pathway. He noticed that there were no markings along this pathway so it appeared that no one had walked this pathway for many years.

To Be Continued…

Wyld Creativity

Overcome.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Something to Prove

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