A courageous & brilliant "freak" . . . flying high!

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~e.e. cummings

e.e. cummings truly gets to the heart of it all in such simple words. This past week I've been reminded over and over again about the beauty behind being authentic and true to yourself. This has come about due to my new-found obsession with Lady GaGa. I'll try not to make this post an entire love letter to her, but instead focus on what she has sparked in me. The connection that I've made with her goes beyond her music, which I do love. But, like she states many times when speaking about her fans, or little monsters, as she calls them, US!, she sees herself in her fans and we see ourselves in her. We get to raise our "freak" flag right up there with her!!!

This is something that I wasn't aware of when I first started listening to her music, which was really just about a week or so ago. Until then, I had stayed away from her, thinking that she was most likely another pre-packaged act with little talent to back her up. But, since the Law of Attraction works in all areas of our life, it was only a matter of time before I got around to attracting some GaGa into mine. And, I am so elated that it finally happened. I started listening to the music without knowing much about her. Then, via the beauty of YouTube, I was able to go back and learn a little something about the person behind the masks. Which to me is one of the funniest things about her. You'd think that someone that wears so many masks and wigs and in a sense, disguises, would be a total mystery and hard to understand. Someone guarded and strange. This could not be farther from the truth.

I have found her to be so self-assured and poised and, AUTHENTIC. She is pure in her message of acceptance and hell yes! Raise your FREAK Flag high and proud and let everyone around you know that you are one unique little monster. We all are. And in exchange for this revelation, we get the most amazing gift of all: FREEDOM. Freedom to be who we truly are deep down inside. This freedom is evident in Lady GaGa's composure. She's comfortable, SO comfortable in her own skin that at first I couldn't put my finger on it. I watched her interview on Ellen and then on Fuse's On The Record and I couldn't really understand what it was that was so different. Looking beyond her appearance, there was something quite different about this person. And then it dawned on me after watching the Fuse interview for the second time. Here was an individual that was completely at ease with the person she was. That is also such POWER!

Imagine being able to lead your life from an authentic, honest and pure foundation? Imagine the creative abundance that would flow into your life if there weren't any barriers put up to protect you from what the world "thought" about you? This is what being exposed to Lady GaGa has strengthened in me. The feeling of being able to trust my creative talents and listen to my inner guidance. I want to continue exploring all areas of my art and life and music. There are no boundaries when it comes to what we can do when we trust ourselves. And, if everything we do comes from that pure authentic core, there is NOTHING that can stop us from realizing our dreams.

Let's keep working on being in constant contact with our inner being and tapping into that core of truth that is within us all. We have the tools at our disposal to create miracles in our lives. No matter what our outer shell looks like, when we are true to ourselves, the rest of the world has no choice but to fall in line. I don't know about you, but, I'd rather be accepted for the "real" me than for some other "me" I could come up with to try and fit in. That seems rather boring after being Gagacized!

I hope you all had a wonderful week full of Thanks. I thank you immensely for reading and connecting with me. Here's to another week filled with magic! I'll be back on Day-Dreaming Tuesday . . . join me.

Peace and Light and KEEP DREAMING!

Gene-Manuel