Yesterday I was catching up on Oprah shows on my DVR. I'm way behind. I don't watch TV often so I found myself with 19 shows to browse. David Foster was a guest recently and Oprah quoted from his new book. I wish I had written it down so I could quote it accurately here, but it was something like this (and I am paraphrasing rather liberally):
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I think I'm the greatest in the music world. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays I think I'm a fraud. On Sundays I don't think.
So I'm not the only one? OK. I kind of knew that already. I have days where I am flying, bursting with ideas and energy. That would be yesterday. And I have days where I am swamped by doubts and anxieties. That would be today - although I wasn't swamped today, merely taking on water... Then, every now and then, I have a sort of neutral day - not too high, not too low. Hey, isn't that where Goldilocks decided to rest? In that middle place, not too hard, not too soft? Maybe she was on to something...
So I guess this will be my first Quillpig Dream: I want to have more equanimity. More evenness of temper, more composure. I want to accept the highs and lows gracefully, and bring them closer together: not too high, not too low. I want to exist in that middle place of calm confidence and belief in myself.
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