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"Look at my moves!" A new selfmade photomontage. My best friend really want to see the german singer Helene Fischer and the comedian Luke Mockridge swing together and I tried to make her wish comes true. 😅 You like it? Visit her pages @22_lucky_lisa_22 and @the_wonderwall_luke ! #photomontage #swing #together #helenefischer #germansinger #lukemockridge #comedian #selfmade #madebyme #forlisa (hier: Saxony-Anhalt)

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Rays of joy......

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For Lisa #magic #forlisa #inpursuitofmagic #itisallaround @lisaadamsinnyc

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Lisa, This is for You

I have a million ideas swirling around in my head and as much as I’d like to start getting ready for bed I don’t want to waste this streak of inspiration. I’m trying to figure out what schools I should apply to for grad school. I’m also in the process of trying to figure out if joining the Peace Corps is right for me.

These are hard choices for me and they are overwhelming at times to think about. Someone truly amazing said to me yesterday, “Once you say it out loud it becomes true.” She was referencing the idea behind trying to make a decision between different career paths. She, just like me has a passion but sometimes passions don’t always foot the bill (or in my case, pay the bills). I also think that when we are excited about something we have this fear of “jinxing” it and/or making ourselves look foolish if things don’t work out in the that we planned.

I know several people who I find to be completely brilliant and they never fail to inspire and intimidate me all at the same time. I thought I was alone in the idea that I wanted more. That life could be more. I thought I was being silly and idealistic and maybe I am. Maybe they are too but for now I feel the fire of wanting to go forward and I feel like it’s possible. I ask for guidance and at times I doubt I will receive it. I sometimes look around myself and wonder, can I be happy with just this? Can I be happy with what I have now? And I’m starting feel a sense of peace about where I am now and where my life might be heading.

But do you ever get the feeling that you are meant to do more? Do ever feel like there are these big moments waiting for you and your soul won’t let you rest because you have something more to do? I want to impact lives, and not in the way of fame. Fame is shallow and fleeting. I want to touch people and inspire others to do good things. I want people around me to feel like they can achieve their goals no matter how big or how small. I want to spread kindness. I want to make genuine, REAL connections. I don’t believe that people are a means to an end. I want everyone to feel like intelligence and information are theirs to have if they want them.

The question behind choosing grad schools was that of technicalities. I feel the effect of outside influence, of feeling like I have to choose a career path that would lead me to a point where I’m guaranteed a job in a field that is secure. But after listening to Philosopher, Ruth Chang I can see it differently now. I was watching her lecture on TED Talks via Netflix and she claims that hard choices don’t have to be viewed as being difficult. The obstacle behind difficult decisions is the choice between equally great options that appeal to our different values. She asserts that tough choices are a God send and making the “right” choice should reflect what is important to you. The choice you make can be a gateway towards you becoming more like the person you want to be. And let’s be clear, who we are is not some ambiguous notion. We are capable of making choices that reflect who we are now, and more importantly, who we want to be.

So I choose to follow this model. Maybe choosing to go to grad school for something that is more closely related to what I value as opposed to what is “logical” might be a much better fit. I went to school for Communications and with recent events in my life I’m starting to believe that my desire for wanting to help others coupled with the art of communication can lead me down a path that suits me well.

I recently spent some time with another brilliant mind. He’s young but he’s crazy enough to know that he can be his own boss one day. He wants to start his own business and if I can help him do that I will. I know a writer who wants to pursue her passion and I remember telling her that I would voluntarily make a fool of myself for her one day. I think the frame work for something bigger than I imagined is beginning and I’m excited to see what will happen, yet also terrified.

Believe me when I say that if you seek truth, it will come after you like a lioness hunting down a gazelle. Just as graceful and horrifying in all of it’s glory but a lot more loving. These things that happen, they happen for a reason. Stay true.

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