Guest Muser -- Sir William

This is an exceptional write by my friend Sir William which he posted to the group http://yahoogroups.com/free_writers This is posted with permission.

Excerpt from an interview:

BILL MOYERS: Do you ever have the sense of... being helped by hidden hands?

JOSEPH CAMPBELL: All the time. It is miraculous. I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time - namely, that if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.

I rejoice that it not too late. Not too late to let go of the unchangeable past. Keep the lessons; spit out the guilt and remember the fun. There were a lot of fun times. And with that frame of mind, and a silly grin on my puss, I venture forth into every new day to have a good time of it.

I came to realize that bliss is exponential. And the equation is as simple as smiling. The more time you spend following your bliss, the greater number of doors to be opened. Spend a lot of time moaning and "If-only"ing, and all those doors remain closed. Zero will ever be zero.

Free-writers turned out to be a beautifully carved Teak door. Upon entry I discovered unexplored and unknown talents. More doors were opened for me by other members of this group, where love and encouragement and wisdom resides.

Public Access Television will soon be cablecasting in my geographic area. This is a huge door for me. Having been involved with P.A.T.V. in Albuquerque, I produced some decent shows that remained in their library for a number of years. But I had no true direction.

Verily doth visions of program production appear from the mists of my inner fog machine, which is used a lot when my left brain holds a rave. A program comprised of vignettes inspired in part by prompts from this group.

The magic of adrenalin and endorphin surges and gently wanes. Waves from Imagination Bay. Crikey what a rush.

I've determined that my doors will be on the plethora of islands throughout the bay. Each island is unique. I have chosen this scenario to help overcome my greatest obstacle; fear of the unknown.

During the family cruise, several years ago, I would lean on the railing watching the wake of our ship. A plastic jug caught my attention. Our ship surged by and the jug quickly became a distant speck and then was gone. I visualized myself being suddenly overboard and the safety of the ship is gone. I'm completely on my own. The kicker here is, I was visualizing this as a result of my jumping overboard. This is a true story, and I've contemplated upon it many times since.

Understand that I had no thoughts of doing it for real. And it has recently dawned on me that it was William pointing out to William that the greatest fears are imagined. It took a while for William Yang to accept the obvious.

And so, I hereby commit to my dream of producing for the screen. And my creative goals for the immediate future are writing the first couple of shows and attending the workshops beginning this coming Saturday.

I apologize for writing so much and saying so little - about the program itself - but more to come.