And so it was that this time it is Happy Puppy KEE-RA who needs some counsel for his human, MEREDITH. During a Creekside Trail hike with former Suit, KATIE, he airs it all out. Let’s listen in. —The Gang
Apparently, the work-shopping of THE ARTIST’S WAY has gotten Happy Puppy KEE-RA’s human, the Suit-in-Transition MEREDITH wound up. In particular, it’s WEEK 10 – SELF-PROTECTION that has lots of pages dedicated to THE WORKAHOLIC. A Suit being a workaholic?? Go on…
Let us begin, shall we ??
FADE IN:
INT. MEREDITH’S HOUSE
She is walking around with her PAPERWHITE KINDLE swiping through pages. Stopping to scan content and then the swipes happen faster and faster. She almost trips over Kee-Ra who is doing his best to slip to the side. Then he speaks up.
KEE-RA
Mama… what the…? You are an accident waiting to happen. PUT. THE. KINDLE. DOWN. Let’s go.
Put. It. Down…
She looks up and sees his pleading eyes and smiles.
MEREDITH
It’s just…
KEE-RA
PUT.IT.DOWN. Please to… If you really want to discuss, let’s take it outside, shall we?
MEREDITH
Yeah… you’re right as always.
Grabbing her PAK and house keys, she motions to Kee-Ra.
MEREDITH
Lead on, Buddy!
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. CREEKSIDE TRAIL
Several days later, it is time for former Suit KATIE to do her trail hike with Kee-Ra who unleashes what’s on his mind well before the ROCKY-HILL.
KEE-RA
Something… That chapter… That week’s assignments… spun her big time.
KATIE
Dude, that was like 30 years ago I did… read… but… huh…
KEE-RA
Topics include workaholism and fame and competition with … quizzes and some other exercises that… rubbed her the wrong way.
KATIE
Interesting… anything else?
KEE-RA
She said it felt like… Uh… it was saying that we are supposedly choosing to be blocked by coming up with excuses… blame goes to the person in the mirror…
They walk along in silence while Katie ponders.
KATIE
Well I can’t speak the chapter directly as I really don’t recollect any of what you’re talking about… However…
She stops and makes the DING!THING signal.
DINGTHING!!
KATIE
Has she started POWER OF MYTH yet? Heck, I can’t even remember if that was part of the SATCHEL-PAK.
KEE-RA
Hit me with what-cher thinkin’.
KATIE
Let’s start with… “MORNING PAGES” are MORNING MUSINGS in my world.
Musings for FLO…
KEE-RA
Yes, I know.
KATIE
And pretty much everything else about THE ARTIST’S WAY I forgot or didn’t resonate enough to stay local in my brain… But if I were to guess…
They step off trail for her to use a stick to draw out what she’s thinking.
KATIE
The emphasis of THE ARTIST’S WAY is to unblock yourself… which I flipped to FINDING YOUR BLISS... Thus the question about POWER OF MYTH.
She draws out THE HERO’S JOURNEY highlighting CROSSING THE THRESHOLD… meeting the MENTOR and ALLIES and then…
KEE-RA
Are those… DRAGONS?
KATIE
Yeah… need to work on them… my LOGO is better. Free hand, not so much.
Reference: Hero’s Journey…
KEE-RA
Gotcha…
KATIE
So once you COMMIT to trying to FOLLOW YOUR BLISS… figuring out what THAT BLISS IS… Here come the challenges!!
Now she’s simplified using D for DRAGON.
KEE-RA
Lot’s of Dragons??
KATIE
Testing you and your COMMITMENT. I’m guessing WORK dragon and FAME dragon and COMPETITION dragon and … our favorite FOMO dragon. Yup… they all want to see …
KEE-RA
Like worthiness … Something like that right.
KATIE
The saying… if it was easy everyone would be doing it…
Kee-Ra jumps up and down.
KEE-RA
Oh… like in KILL BILL the tricks are for kids scene: You didn’t think it would be that easy did you? Yeah… I kinda did…
KATIE
Oh yeah… Memorable the BRIDE before… offing that particular foe in her “Revenge-scapade”.
KEE-RA
Circling back… HERO’S JOURNEY… this is part of the process. The DRAGONS challenging.
KATIE
Yup. So the mindset is important. In fact, I got another visual for you… On the way back down.
They get quiet and they get to the top of the ROCKY HILL and admire the view.
KEE-RA
So good, right?
KATIE
Yup my friend..
KEE-RA
Hit me…
KATIE
Good choice of words… as random but my NETFLIX fed me a BOXING ANIME… and the visual in my eye shows a lot of SLIPPING…
KEE-RA
Like Mama on gravel?
KATIE
Silly… like a boxer avoiding getting hit. It’s essential. Seems to me that so much focus is on throwing punches and the types of punches and combinations… That an essential part gets neglected. This intro showed a lot of slip training… ducking… slipping… avoiding getting hit… which saves energy for…
KEE-RA
AH!! The pursuit!! Got it.
KATIE
I’ll send you a link if I can track it down. For now… work that visual in your mind.
KEE-RA
Thanks… I think I understand.
KATIE
You did the right thing with the re-direct.
KEE-RA
Nature is our friend!!
KATIE
Keep with the MORNING MUSINGS discipline and things will… evolve.
KEE-RA
Evolve?
KATIE
Something I’m writing about tied to … the Jeep.
KEE-RA
Huh?
Pondering the Journey…
KATIE
A bubble up. I realized that my first Jeep was… the summer… which rolled into the discovery of MORNING PAGES = MORNING MUSINGS equals a hella lot of challenges…
KEE-RA
Ah…
KATIE
We’re back… So two things…
They face each other.
KEE-RA
Yes?
KATIE
The JOURNEY… is a path of incremental improvements… that should be celebrated… a LIFETIME path… continuous… there isn’t a I’m here Pencil’s down. Always room for improvement.
KEE-RA
Uh… my friend… too many things.
… Celebrate Incremental Improvements & Keep Moving!
KATIE
Celebrate incremental improvements and keep moving! Ya gotta MOVE IT, MOVE IT !!
KEE-RA
That’s two. I can do that. Nice ear-worm, by the way…
She didn’t hear the last part as she was all scrunchy-faced –looking like there’s something she’s trying to remember.
KEE-RA
Uh… More you have?
KATIE
Yeah but …
KEE-RA
Put it out there, my friend… Please to…
… She really needs to embrace the… journey and make it her own unique adventure…
KEE-RA
Wait. I feel ya. EMBRACE. JOURNEY. UNIQUE. ADVENTURE.
KATIE
You’re good. I was thinking that and…
KEE-RA
I got ya! All good! Help her, I will.
KATIE
Help me… head’s up when she’s …
KEE-RA
…nearing the end of her JOURNAL? Of course! You’ll slip her a “freshie” along with YUM-YUMs from the WESTSIDE, right?
KATIE
RIGHT-Y-O! My friend!
They FIST BUMP.
KATIE
KOKO!
Keep On Keepin’ On…
KEE-RA
KOKO Yourself… and Fist bump your GEAR GUY for me, yeah?
KATIE
For sure!
FADE OUT.
That’s a Wrap..
Indeed. For now, we end at a strong TO. BE. CONTINUED.
Advice for a lifetime, we gained for sure! It’s the applying that gets a bit tricking, but hey, more stories to come, right?
Pencils down…
Bonus Video…
Here’s your SLIP training visual!
And because THAT song is kinda ear-wormy, we’ll circle back to the earlier ear-worm…
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-The Gang
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