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13 ~ Dear Moody Blues ~ 30 Days of Truth

Posted by MJ on Dec 16, 2010 in 30 Days of Truth | 0 comments

Another 30 Days of Truth Day 13 Prompt ~   A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough days. (write a letter.)  I wrote 2 Letters…

Dear Moody Blues,

My parents loved your music, both in words and music.  The words always seemed to carry significance and there was always something that moved me.  When I was young there were lines that just seemed to echo in my soul and help me feel more in tune with the world.  My mind oft races and your music slowed that feverish pace.

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As I got older, the tunes, upbeat, rhythmic, slow, melancholy, always seemed to be right to help me sift through whatever thoughts were consuming me.  Then this past year I noticed, or rather realized how often your lyrics are laced with love, far more often than the average group.  In broken hearted and sadness, even in anger your songs whisper love. Love is the only thing that matters and makes this world a better place.

If we stopped focusing on pain, hunger, who has what, or what we do not have, and instead focused on love the world would change. …

And when you stop and think about it
You won’t believe it’s true.
That all the love you’ve been giving
Has all been meant for you.   ~ Justin Hayward

Question From Question of Balance

I would love to meet you probably never will, but thank you for being a teacher. ~ MJ

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NOW: A letter to a musician I know

Dear Lydia Ashton,

We have not met in person, yet your heart shines bright.  In many ways you reconnected me with my heritage and family long gone.  Yes you are Swedish, but your name reminds me of my grandmother’s sister Lydia, which is why I introduced myself to you.  Now hearing your traditions, you remind me of their German heritage.

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Your music has touched my soul, both making me smile and bringing me to the edge of tears.  Now as you score films, I am amazed at the power behind your music.  Although I think “Here we go again” will always be my favorite.

Over the summer I lost close friends, yet with emails and other electronic media you kept a light shining as a lighthouse upon the rocky shore.  My boat seemed so fragile then, yet you and other spirits helped me patch the boat and it is even stronger than ever.

Your children are beautiful, inside and out.  The stories of their unique and amazing spirits makes me all the more amazed at you and Nathan.   Lydia, thank you for being a musician, and a friend. ~ Love, MJ

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Live, Laugh, Sing, Love

MJ Schrader

PS Tune in December 20th for  Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)

What you want to be

Posted by MJ on Jun 10, 2009 in Business | 2 comments

Some try to tell me,
Thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be,
You will be in the end
~~ Nights in White Satin ~~ Moody Blues

Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend:
Sunday, went to my old church. I’ve attended a few times recently after several years absence. This Sunday they ask about my past job. They want me to be church bookkeeper. “We’ll have to work on her.” Well, I am no longer a bookkeeper, nor a tax preparer. The priest tells me about the newer computer they have. I don’t do bookkeeping, not for fees especially not for free.

This is followed shortly by “So what do you do now?” I am a consultant and writer. “What do you write about?” or “What kind of consulting?” Starting some Mastermind groups, helping people find the love within and build their business. They look at me like I am crazy. If I answer the writing question, I get a similar look.

My accounting degree was because “you’re good with math” and “you have to get a degree so you can get a job.”  I didn’t believe in jobs at 7, yet a job pays bills was the logic. Accounting is not math. Employers didn’t like ideas that were creative. Men that called me pretty, didn’t like that I was smart.  Is it that strange that my fingernails are long, I like paintball, SciFi, cartoons, roses, and being treated like a lady? But I pretended to be assimilated.

This has been my problem for many years. For 5 years I have wanted to build a business online, yet the offline world looks at me like I am crazy. Twitter and Facebook are helping me build an online circle that helps me know that I can succeed with what my heart desires. My seemingly random tastes are not that uncommon. Besides which I learned how to break out of the mold & swallowed the red pill. I know the truth.

Just what you want to be, You will be in the end
So while they look at me strange, it pushes me farther into the truth. For over 30 years I have complied with what the majority wanted and expected of me. People called me shy as a kid, when I was introspective. Yet, I believed their label for years. I assimilated. Problem is I am not a Borg. Yes, I am a geek by referring to Matrix and Star Trek, still not a Borg.

I am the one and only me. A geek teaching people how to love themselves. Labels are confining but I like geek. In that thought a joke came up, Love Rockstar, it sounds contradictory and makes me smile. I like it. I wrote a flaming letter to my church. Because I will be me, not a shy little bookkeeper, but the Love Rockstar with varied crazy tastes and not afraid to share hugs.

Love
~~MJ
Love Rockstar

Butterfly in Waiting

Posted by MJ on Jun 8, 2009 in Business | 3 comments

Last week I wrote an emotional blog.  To all those who left comments.  Thank you.  Those both touched me, and helped me realize I am on the right path.  Yet, even as I was asking forgiveness for not having done anything, I am still trying to forgive myself. 12 years later, and have not forgiven myself for having lost my only child… Also for the 5 or so years I’ve tried to build a business online, and haven’t yet. Change does not happen over night, no matter how much we want.

A caterpillar is a butterfly in waiting. Thus is life. Thus it is with you, with me, and with everyone in the world.

This week my focus changed. Well, has and hasn’t. After years, I resolved to make it without a j.o.b. when the tax season ended April 15th.  (No income since then) Yet 2 days ago, I saw an ex-co-worker, tax training starts in July.  A horrible wake-up call. A COLD HARD deadline, just one month away. Goal was to make money before training starts.

The desire to RUN AND DO is almost overwhelming, but when I run like that, I do it blind, and make a big mess. So I created a review site this week. Http://info-wizards.com/tattoo. Then started writing articles for another site. But this is still scrambling, un-focused, so I silence myself, and attend a mastermind (Thank you Kim Burney).

Define your goal, your need: Ok. To tell the tax office I will not be training, I need $1000 a month, and will need to grow even more before October. But I need time to study with Bill Hibbler & Ann Collins, finish a book, attend masterminds, help others, visit Montana, and attend seminars.

Define your niche: Repeatedly said here, that all I ever wanted was to write. It’s not really true, helping people has always been first. That’s why I started telling my history. Others have survived worse, but, maybe, just maybe someone will be helped by what I say.

And people keep asking “What do you do?“ Author isn’t me.  Writer isn’t either.  “Helping YOU Find the Love Within” feels like me.

Then my heart opens wide when I think about leading some Mastermind groups. In talking to my group, it’s part of what I need right now, to learn more about others and myself. Soon I hope to have a couple Mastermind groups, including one about “Finding the love within.”

So are you ready to join my mastermind groups? Seriously I am looking, contact me if interested. Yet it stirs my heart, leaves me with time to finish my book “Find the love within” (working title) and start on the next. Somewhere in the course of the week, I decided to embrace a joke. I now own http://LoveRockstar.com No, I haven’t decided what to do with it yet.

Love,
MJ

NEXT WEEK…
At my church  “Some try to tell me, Thoughts they cannot defend,”
But as for me “Just what you want to be, You will be in the end.” ~ Nights in White Satin, Moody Blues