Be your own Hero
Have you ever started a project and sat staring at the plans, Oppenheimer -like? You imagine the bomb that could explode if you do not neatly and cohesively tie up every loose thread? Well, as Queen, I have been doing just that. I am staring at the page today. Ripping the Royal plans up.
Creating projects that were unrelated to the MJQs has kept me busy for the last year. My fretfulness over failures and successes of the group have been limited. I have been too busy creating stuff to worry, but The Membership Directory proves to be just a exercise in flexibility– just as the formation of the group has been since its inception in 2004.
In August 2011, Kim and Lee Ann had photos done at Cha Bella. The Membership Directory and my grandiose plans of writing an accompanying book was off the ground. Not with much fanfare or with Orville and Wilber Wright success, but dragging up off the floor . You know how mylar helium balloons hover low after a day of leaking gas? Well, like that. I was going to use another metaphor to link with “leaking gas” but it did not sound very Regal.
In 2004 I saw a different reality for the Queens. I saw adventure, celebrations, silliness, dancing and joy. I saw our ranks growing and our mission focussing on fun. I saw the work on the Directory and my memoir the same way.
A couple of years ago, I felt a call to adventure and began the journey with those 2 photos and one chapter of the book under my belt, it seemed epic, until I had stumbling blocks, fear, criticism, tests and stresses disrupting the path. The path was riddled with pit-falls. It was also pot-marked with new opportunity.
Today, after finishing a self-study in creative writing, as I read an archetype outline for the plan, I see a new path and a new journey opening up for me and for the Mint Julep Queens. When one door closes, another opens. Or is this case, when one drawbridge is shut, another lowers over a serpent filled moat and Reigning Queens have clear passage into the strong hold. I am arming myself!
So when faced with an ordeal, be your own hero. Put on your crown or tiara. Grab a scepter or sword. Storm the castle. Even if the castle is made of stones of doubt and mortar of fear, attack.
