Tuesday, February 21, 2012

How One Weekend Can Change A Life or How I Stopped Believeing Cynical People

This past weekend I attended my first Sci-Fi Convention. As a closet nerd, I never let anyone know that I wanted to be Leia, how I truly believed Captain Picard and Kirk did seek out the new lives and the new civilizations they searched for, and how I truly believe several of America's politicians might actually be Cylons. The guest of honor at this convention was a man by the name of Jeremy Bulloch, this distinguished Englishman was an Shakespearean actor, appeared in several James Bond movies, and had acted on British stages; but for the Sci-Fi geeks, he is quite simply....Boba Fett: The Bounty Hunter (I'd watch that over Dog anyday, wouldn't you?).
This man, spoke for two hours on life, acting, and everything. Before he began, he asked for four volunteers, and before I knew it my hand had shot up like a bullet out of a gun. And as he called my name, I smiled and walked up. I acted onstage with Boba Fett, and then 15 minutes later got the best advice I could have ever asked for.
When I told him that I had dreams of acting, dreams of teaching acting, and what to do when people try to destroy that dream..he quite simply looked at me and said, "Don't Quit." Two words, just two words and it changed me so profoundly. About, an hour later, standing in the Dealer's Room I happened to meet a woman and her daughter, both wiccan, one an empath and the other a psychic/medium. The older woman, amazingly decked out in Steampunk, walked up to "ground" my friend, and then to ground myself.
As she placed her hands on my head and began to ground me, I had the feeling of wanting to faint, but at the same time, felt an incredible sense of power course through me. Afterwards, she leaned in and whispered three more sentances that continued the change I had felt only an hour before, "You have so much bright light around you. You are beautiful. You are smart."
How could these people, whom I had just met, suddenly make me see the truth?
Why did I just tell you this? Because it changed me for the better, it made me see the cynical people in my life...people who claimed to be friends...it made me see them for what they really are. They are liars. The worst kind of liars, the kind that make you forget your strength, your power, your beauty all to make themselves feel better. I had people who I thought were my friends, thought they wanted the best for me,. but it was a ruse. This person, no names mentioned here, was a liar, a cynic of the highest degree. As a healer, I hoped this person would change, but it would never happen.
Liars are everywhere, they wear a thousand disguises, they smile to your face and then stab you in the back. The worst people are the ones who use "logic" as a way to shut down. Emotions are my logic, I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I will never change that. Ladies and Gentlemen, all it took was the words of a space aged bounty hunter and a steampunk empath to change my views.

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