๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?
John Lennon commented that the Beatles song โ€œRainโ€ addresses those people. But with all good art, thereโ€™s more beneath the surface.

I hadnโ€™t heard the song in years and when it randomly appeared on my Spotify playlist, the line in my illustration below stood out to me because of where I am in my life.

The beauty of great art, whether graphic, motion or sound, is that it can mean different things to different people based on an endless variety of factors.

The word โ€œmindsetโ€ always seems to be floating around and itโ€™s something Iโ€™ve been struggling with since I concluded my last contract as a video editor.  Not finding new work (for a while) has definitely affected my mindset!

I started positive and optimistic. But the stories that my mind conjured when I applied week after week with no responses (except for three scammers) took me to a dark and hopeless place.

Back to โ€œRain.โ€


When I heard the words, โ€œ๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™,โ€ a realization washed over me that I control how I feel about whatever situation Iโ€™m going through. Maybe these jobs wouldnโ€™t fully utilize my experience and abilities. Something more engaging and fulfilling is on the horizon with my ideal clients.

This was further reinforced when I started Ivy Malik โ€™s โ€œFind Your Fansโ€ course and the first phase was โ€œMindset.โ€ She thoroughly explained that our thoughts feed our belief system which affects our behavior. If we become aware of this process, we can adjust our thoughts, change our outlook and take actions that will bring us closer to joy in our everyday lives.

I now look forward to completing her course, discovering who I can serve best and start connecting and creating again.

What song lyrics or work of art has โ€œopened your eyesโ€ or changed your view of the world around you?

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