The Only Constant is Change
I look back on my recent past and I realize that the ONLY possible way Coffee Cup, my new book, could have been created was for me to have moved several times. The book began as an idea while I shared an apartment with my brother on Camino Ruiz in San Diego. He got married and I found another place to live only blocks away where I laid much of the FOUNDATION for what would later become Coffee Cup. It was the perfect place to write. As I put the finishing touches on my book my employment at The Home Depot came to an abrupt end when they decided to make up lies and fire me rather than eat the cost of expensive surgery for my brain tumor. That incident, in and of itself, created one of the final chapters in the book. Coffee Cup was finally finished in my new apartment right here in Marlin, Texas where I relocated. So ends one project that would not have been written out as it did without many moves and many changes. Change can be a great thing.
There are some people who say that you can write a screenplay in as little as thirty days. Not a lot of time, thirty days. I have thirty days and I am not going to be filling it up with writing. I am going to be filling up boxes.
The place that I moved into was sold out to new management. They have decided to get rid of all the tenants in order to remodel. I have thirty days to vacate the premises. This change takes place just as I am ready to begin my next project. Coincidence? The collective unconscious ensuring that my next project will have the very best environment to grow and succeed? I believe so. On September 23rd I am scheduled for a final counsel with my new neurosurgeon (the VA is paying for everything, which is a GREAT twist on fate). We will discuss the upcoming surgery, the final test results, and most likely sign some paperwork, tidy things up. I also have a claim going through VA channels, that should it come through as I expect, will ensure that the rest of my life is one that will be lived to the fullest.
Change can be a GREAT thing. I said that didn't I? Moving and moving and moving, one day this too will change and when it does then THAT will be a great thing.
"The only constant is change."



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