The Order of the Azure Rose

     Another day in a long line of days...moving with the push-pull of the demands of the mundane world. Taking small steps toward a leap of faith, in pursuit of The Dream.

     Everyone who makes their living working for another entity or wants to change their situations considers what it would be like to live The Dream; the details of The Dream may be different for each person, but the end goal is essentially the same-personal freedom. Everyone wants to be free. Very few people are truly free. Why?

   Fear. Fear impedes the path to personal freedom, and it begins in our own minds. We may have heard our parents say things like, "Life is hard, and then you die," "I'd rather be an Indian than the Chief," or, "No rest for the weary."  We filter our own thoughts through these early "truths" instead of deleting them from our mental junk mail where they belong. We "what-if" ourselves out of taking the risks necessary to quest for our Dream, instead working for those who employ us in the pursuit of their own Dreams.

     Those who are not yet free use the usual excuses-"I don't have the time/money/education/strength to do what it takes to get myself free from my job/debt/bad situation/pain. And they will defend them vehemently, even argue about whose fault it is that they don't live their Dreams. What does it take to become free, free from these self-imposed limitations? It's simple. Simple as changing your Mind. Not your mind, but your Mind! We must discontinue thinking from a place of "I want/I wish" to a place of "I have/I am."  We are exactly what we think we are, which is why thoughts are the most powerful things in the Universe. We alone create our reality.

     My Dream of personal freedom began with this Guild, the Order of the Azure Rose. Its past successes proved to me that it works. I am using the same tecnique to build my own small business in order to continue questing for my Dream. My goal is to blend the two worlds into one, taking my Dream on the road. My Dream is to travel the world of Rennaissance and Medieval Faires, a few Rendezvous, selling my wares and doing historical re-creation. It may not be everyone else's idea of the Dream, but it's mine, and I am saying farewell to anything that tries to take it from me., whether it be a person, a thought or an excuse. Huzzah!