...and aLL the liTTle things they were:)
writing is innate to who i am. even the advice
i've gladly given in 'counseling' [for lack of a better word] sessions with
friends and family has often ended with "write it down" or
"write a letter" ...i've given journals as gifts to many people
throughout my life, too many times to remember or count, along with
'instruction' on how to use it...
my philosophy in a nut shell is simple. LIFE is
yOur story with pages UNwritten. better get writing;)
every day and eVery new day, with every NEW
page, brings the story a little closer to the final chapter... cliche as it is,
i love asking and being asked the question~ 'what's your story?' just a few
words hold the power to change lives. to inspire and be inspired. to discover
ONE-ness with a perfect stranger and the world around us. isn't that what this
life is all about anyway? [ok, here i pause] i COUld go off on a tangent...bUt
i won't. we'll save that one for another post :)
sO, while writing is a love i've 'sang out loud'
about, the music in my soul I've kept to myself...really out of nothing more
than fear. many if not most people in my life had no idea that singing was such
a passion of mine... until very recently that is [cuddos to FacEbook] when i
mustered up the courage to share it.
trUth be told, for oh-ummmm i dunno, the past 10
years, i've 'suffered' from~ what was perhaps nothing more than some temporary
self-inflicted, self-diagnosed case of 'stage fright'. sure most of my friends
and family have known that i enJoy singing, but as my dear friend Talia put it
to me, laughing as she said, "i'm pretty sure you're the LAST person
anyone would've suspected to have stage fright!"
yes my friend, EVEN a social, outgoing, former
reality t.v show contestant, willing at any given moment to strike up a
conversation with aNy perfect stranger...like mYself, is NO exception;)
i've known that the 'stage fright' thing was not
something anyone would peg me for, but this is my naked-bare-all-soul...and for
a long time i couldn't even admit to myself that it was the reason i wouldn't
share my voice...this paSSion of singing.
but oNe thing i've been learning and
re-learning:) is that L-I-F-E, here on this earth, as we know it is just FAR
too shORt to waste ANY time. i thank GoD for His infinite love on my soul...to
press on my heart the things that i ought to be doing with my life~~ not
because i have to, my free will will always exist, but because it was written
on my soul [by Him] and it hAs been since the beginning of my soul's existence,
long before this physical body came into the picture. it wouldn't be such a
passion if not the case... in other words...among other things, i Naomi, was MAde
to SiNg, sO 'sIng' is what i ought to do;)...have YoU asKed yourself the
question? i'll ask... 'what's your story?'
what were you MADE to do? what's in your heart?
a person? a dream(s)? an aspiration? a gift you've kept to yourself? a place in
this world where you've wanted to go live for a while? your children?
...whatever, whomever it may be, this/these are your passions. this is what you
were mAde to do and devote yourself to, so APPLY yourself to these things with
purpose & passion and discover a contentment in your soUl like you have
yet to experience. then SHARE it with the world! don't keep it to yourself
anymore. when we share our hopes, our passions, our goals &
aspirations, we discover an accountability to others and ourselves to actually
pursue them. all too often we find ourselves in a rut. i think this happens
primarily when our souls are trying to 'figure it out'
...but if we look deep inside, we already know
the answer to our burning questions. guidance and inspiration will come in many
forms, but YOU [GoD withIN you] are truly your greatest source. you never need
to look much further when you're looking deep within. where GoD dwells in your
soul, is where you will discover everything you never knew...that you AlREADY
knew :) i say this because its what has happened and continues to happen, to me.
in the stillness of the morning--after a nice
little 30 minute cardio workout, either IN the quiet othwerwise to my calming
meditation music on the iPod deck, cuddos to PAndora;)-- i get on the floor and
stretch for 15 minutes with my eyes closed as i meditate in prayer.
if you haven't tried this lately, do it first
thing in the morning! you can skip the workout, but set your alarm to wake up
just 15 minutes earlier if you need the extra time. get on the floor and RELAX,
stretch, prAy.
starting each new day with a spirit of gratitude
will 'stretch' far into your day, into your week for that matter, helping you
conquer it like you wouldn't imagine. i call it my 'GoD time'...because i knOw
He lives within my SoUl, i know He is Always speaking to me. the problem is i
don't always hear Him. the chatter, the noise, all of life's frustrations can
really get in the way and dim down His voice. but in these precious moments of
the morning, my SoUl finds its resting place and grows in maturity through its
atonement ~At-ONE-Ment with its maker, Father GoD.
i don't know how i'd survive in this world
without it, without these moments of divine interaction~ diVine serenity. it
was in these very moments, very recently, that He spoke the words into the ears
of my heart "I LoVe you Naomi, NOW SING!"
to all of you, my friends and family, who
commented on the videos i posted on Facebook, a very, VeRy special THANK YOU! i
can't express in words, the nervous anxiousness i felt while uploading them.
like i was totally naked...but to get past the 'fear' of the stage, it had to
be done, and i 'knew' that. words cannot express the confidence i needed that
ALL of your sweet words delivered... i was inspired and motivated by them, so
THANK YOU a thousand times over! I can't express that enough:)
Another special thanks to my inspirational, free
spirit friend and play date companion [with the girls i nanny] Heidi..thank
YoU, thank YoU my friend;) You've inspired me just by being yOu and encouraging
me in my writing and especially the blogging!
along with this blog, i started a YouTube
channel and will be recording very soon with RuMSY NaSser, my friend and an
amAzingly gifted musician and music producer, so STAY TUNED! my current
'agenda' consists of an entire 'fiRST' album of songs:) and i would love it if
you'd subscribe to my blog. you can submit your email address in the bar above
and receive my posts straight to your inbox.
i created this blog because i wanted a place to
share my daily life, my inspirations-- all the things in this world that make
me cry and the 'little things in life' that make me laugh. i'll also be posting
the lyrics to all the songs i write and the 'BEHIND THE MUSIC' 'stories' of
each song.
i aim to motivate and inspire, and TO BE EQUALLY
motivated and inspired by you, yOur thoughts, yOur beliefs, and yOUr
inspirations in return, so 'COMMENT' AWAY and may our souls join as ONE...
ONE LOVE :)
Naomi
p.s. it's a work in progress, but you can follow
my YouTube Channel as well. Just copy and paste in your browser@
http://www.youtube.com/user/NaomiGoodale?feature=mhee
