The Journey Home, Ep. 5 - A Brief Break in the Action

Hey, gang! Welcome to my life – where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. I’m Freedom and I’ll be your host, coming at you from within the depths of Geistopia. 

DOC: Velcum To My Life ees a prochect, un experiment in Life unt ART. A living storyboard, if you will. Its premise ees zat life ees experiential, unt zat you can, unt do, experience ze life you choose. It ees based on Ze Veel of Life unt Ze ARTs for Ze New Millennium as life building tools. Ja, it’s true! 

WALT: Welcome to my Life is a Geist…House Players Production, in association with the Center for Creative Inspirationalism. JustUs Productions, the parent company, would like to give a ‘Shout-Out’ to the following for their ongoing, and oft-times unknowing, inspiration and support:

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Sparky Wentz-eclaus

The VanMan and General Ralph Glossop, and Craze (may they R.I.P.)

The Messengers of The Galactic Federation

 Looch

BJ & The Bull

Ace

Bert-On

The Baker of the Cornbread

Andy Pandy

The Mudder

Wilson

Zason

St. Diane & You (5)

Brother John & Sister Jen

The Bee Man

Spooky Queen

Boom-Boom Snuffbox

The Nameless One

Tim-Bo

The Mayor & The Turkey Man

The Rox

PDT

Sir Richard Slouch

The Wix-ians

The Socialite

The Village of Idiots

Piz-Niffer

Dancing Queen

Downtown Encyclopedia Brown

Chicken Witch

Dick Pointer

Soup, the Son

The Legendary Pink Elephants

Baby-Mama Rabbit

Wisconsin Belle

The Babes

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It is…Sunday, June 1, Two-Thousand and Twenty-Jive. Time...Pausing

Theme – Running Blind

That's how I feel across the board right now. I don't know how anything is gonna go. All i have is plans. But everything is so new or different in my life. I'm winging it. Just a guy dopin' along.

Lesson – One Step at a Time

This is how I am getting through life at the moment. It's all I can do really. I have so much going on at once and I'm starting from scratch on all of it. So rather than getting ahead of myself in thought or action I am taking it all One Step at a Time. For example, I am working on a planter box. I need everything except the wood. But rather than run and buy it all at once I will get each thing when I get to that step. That's how I'm managing the beds and gardens as well. I'm to a point when I need to work on many things at once to get the last of them done. Rather than racking my brain over the logistics I am just going to take it One Step at a Time.

Observation – It is What You Make It

I don't know how to explain this. Your focus determines your reality. I guess The Stroke is a good example. It's easy to see all the negatives and setbacks. I'm slightly crippled - no matter how much I try to ignore it. I have a $6800 back rent hanging over my head. [Not to mention other debts.] I even had one person tell me that it was all G-d's warning to "change my evil ways." Though there has definitely been a call for changes. I don't think any of this has been punishment. I see it more as a blessing. There were def some struggles, but by and large life has worked itself towards what it always should have been. It is rife with possibility and potential. [Broken down to nothing to be built up stronger.]

The Post

 I don't know how I feel at the moment. I don't feel bad but it is too soon to feel good. I feel ready for life ahead. I just don't know what it is going to be exactly. I have seen things lined up and laid out, but nothing is definite as of yet.

I got my glasses ordered this week. So in up to two weeks, I will be able to see again. I'm getting two completely different pair. Both bifocal but the frames are different. One is for the car and out. One is for the home. Less chance of losing a pair or forgetting it. And less chance of both breaking. [One has a warranty.]

I also saw the dentist this week. Plans are under way. There's work to do and steps to take. The end result will be at least partial dentures. It will be 3-4 months till its all done.

I made progress with the beds this week. I still have the three in the front. I need to dig some edging on the two beast one's and I have a few projects for the large one.

I have a host of projects going in the Workshop - from little fun things, to things for The Homestead, to projects for people. I have lots of things I need - paints and stains and brushes and screws and glue. I'm going to take it just a bit at a time and get what I need when I need it. Work on things until I can't work further on anything and then get what I need to move on.

I've been purging my thoughts the past few days. Updating to-do and focus lists. I feel ready for the week ahead. The first week of the rest of my [new] life.

I made the funds I needed to make to get over the hump of this first rent payment. In fact, I came out just a slight bit ahead. So, I did a couple of things.

I've been wanting to subscribe to Britbox for like a year so I can watch all of Mrs. Brown's Boys. So, I started that up and for 3 extra dollars, I added MGM+. I wasnt expecting that but I had budgeted $20 for Britbox and the 2 subscriptions came in less than that. Not sure I'm going to keep MGM.

I also subscribed to XBOx game pass. Another thing I have been wanting to do for a year. However, Bert-On gave me a gift card for Microsoft so that paid for my first month.

I also donated $20 to someone's cause. A friend of a friend living homeless in Cali. Dude needed a little lift. So, since I was ahead and feeling abundant I thought I would keep my commitment to help people.

[I wish you could see the look on my face as I sit here contemplating the road ahead. I'm curious, intrigued, nervous, empowered, all sorts of things all at once.

And here is where we take a DEEP SIGH.  

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Wherever you are and whenever you are – Like, Comment, and Share – we’re on a Journey and it takes you to get there.

So, without hesitation, for now and for always, from here in Geistopia, this is your beloved Rev…

WALT: And Walt…

DOC:  Unt Doc…

JOHNNY: Aaaaand Johnny…

And those guys, saying, “Stay Tuned-In, Fellow Travelers,” and wishing you Peace, Love, Light…

WALT: And Freakishness, Baby.

The Totems & Archetypes

from Ted Andrews’ Animal Speak

Tick – (from spiritanimals.com)

People with the Tick totem can stay in one spot patiently, just waiting for the right opportunity to come by. When this opportunity does happen along, like the Roadrunner, they take quick action and seize the moment. Folks with this spirit animal totem know precisely when to move to be successful. They capture an opportunity when they see it even though they may not understand it. People with the Tick totem will also leap on faith without necessarily knowing where they will land. Furthermore, they trust in positive outcomes.

These folks also have a gift for getting under other people’s skin when they decide to. Their instinct unerringly will guide them to poke in precisely the right spot to get a rise out of someone.

Deer – Gentleness and Innocence – Gentle Luring to New Adventures

They have been able to adapt to every sort of habitat. Buddha is often pictured with a deer. Antlers are symbols of antennae, connections to higher forms of attunement. Look for new perceptions and degrees of perceptions to expand for as much as the next five years. Can indicate that there will be opportunities to stimulate gentle new growth increasingly over the next few years. Leads us back to the primal wisdom. A deer’s senses are very acute. Find increasing ability to detect subtle movements and appearances. Begin to hear what may not be said directly. Time to be gentle with yourself and others. A new innocence and freshness is about to be awakened or born. There is going to be a gentle, enticing lure of new adventures. Are you trying to force things? Are others? Are you being too critical and uncaring of yourself? An opportunity to express gentle love that will open new doors to adventure for you.

Heron - The Call of The Quest and Travels to Legendary Places.

Reflects a stimulation of the childhood thrill and belief in legendary places. [The story(s) we most loved in childhood often reflect the life quest we have come to take upon us in this lifetime.] Can also aid in communication especially through the use of stories. Individuals wishing to write can facilitate the process by working with a goose totem. It will stimulate the creative process and help to move through creative blocks. Also a symbol of fertility and marital fidelity. May reflect a need for more vegetables in the diet. An ability to move forward or backward. Reflects movement. A call to the spiritual quest. It reminds us that as any one individual makes his or her quest, it becomes easier for others to do so as well. We should not undertake any quest in life without having a full view of what it entails. Opening to new possibilities. Affix ourselves to a new path. Great fertility that should be acted upon if growth is desired. Greater vision, physical and spiritual, will occur. Can reflect that you are about to break free from old childhood restraints and begin to come into your own. You can expect to have the imagination stirred toward new travels and distant places - whether in the body or in the mind.