Hi, I was checking in. The past week has been a busy and very productive one. I update the OPMusicHouse website with current events and announcements.
The most recent additions are that I am spotlighted on this week's Sound Magazine radio show on Citadel stations at 1.24.10 at 6am. It is my story about rising above domestic violence (mind you, 22 years of it), and doing good in giving back.
The more I write, the more I realize, which helps me to grow and be a better person. Being a better person to me, means making a positive impact in people's lives. Based on comments on the article about me in WNY Women in Business, I am have been an inspiration to several people. That fulfills my sense of purpose.
But I am greedy, and want to inspire more people. I feel that I suffered for all those years for a reason. The reason unfurls with every comment and feedback I get, saying that I made them smile, or feel worthwhile, or helped them to see something they didn't see before.
I feel that I was brushed off and set on my feet by God himself, and that the inner glow and burn I feel every minute of every day is His "lantern of hope" and my job is to hold it high.
Call me kooky if you will, it's my story, my belief. And I told you before that the more I talk the more I am rewarded by visions of beauty. That is the reason I don't leave the house without my digital camera. This way I can take pictures to provide the backup, so people know that I do spread good and truth.
And I'm not doing this for money. As I type I have some severely delinquent bills and I just wait for things like my water to be turned off. I have not been paid a cent for writing, and my column, for examiner.com, albeit the reader subscriptions and positive vibe, owes me a total of $4. (Yes, four dollars).
What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger. Maybe I am crossing the line of faith and jumping into stupidity. I don't know. But at least if I go down, its for the right reasons. I am being the best I can be.
