Wyld Creativity: Fresh Day

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Fresh Day

So today has been interesting so far.

I am sitting in the new huge tech room on the computer, I just finished my first class and had lunch with

some friends who are on a different schedule from me and I have an hour before I am meeting the girls at the gym before our next class at 3:00pm.

So the interesting part. My new class which is called " Understanding Cults" I was signed up for "Film Analysis" but because I wanted to change my schedule I had to change my elective so I was put in one of the only classes that had spaces left. The interesting thing about this class is the discussions. We actually got on the topic of 40 day fasting and how some people in class thought that was a cult tendency. I spoke up for Christinanity and said it was a personal choice people make for spiritual growth and understanding but the tensions in class were pretty high as we talked about people's different experiences with religions. MY prof simplified it and made it clear that it's not a cult if you have a choice. That gets a little distorted though as my prof also thinks the new Scientology religious group is well she wouldn't actually say what she wanted because she could get in trouble but a cult. She said this because apparently it costs thousands of dollars to get into classes to learn what they believe and the price just goes up and up and there have been stories that once you get to the top what you learn makes you crazy.

I have to learn more about it to really understand but they recruit people on the street by asking to take a stress test and its not real but people believe it, then they say you have a heightened level of stress in your life, come with us and we'll help you with that. People then pay money to get teaching on self esteem and a new way of thinking and that's just the beginning. It's complicated and I don't really have all of the facts but people were pretty confused between the difference of a religion and a cult. The observation I made right away is that cults are something new, most of them started in the 1990's not way back when like the Bible. Only something concrete like the bible can sustain and maintain through the decades.

So that was my exciting morning. Now all I am thinking about is how I am going to make it through the day.

I am feeling pretty tired and I am not sure if I will survive a workout today. I really don't want to give up but for some reason back when I was beginning this journey it felt so easy now everything just seems complicated. I just have to hang in there and keep doing what I am doing as hard as that may be.

I am feeling pretty restless I have changed my iPod list about 10 times in the last 20 minutes. I think that means I need to go home! Today is going to be a long one though. I started at 8:00am and I have class until 6:00pm which is more then I would like but I am just trying to make the best of it.

I am afraid that if I talk randomly for the next hour this whole entree will be a total bore so I am going to quit while I am ahead and say bye - See ya Later.

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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.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Fresh Day

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