As I said a few weeks ago, I was waiting on a proposal for Cleo and I to possibly speak at a statewide conference put on by an organization called the Arc. For a year and a half or so, speaking with Cleo was just a dream, a hope, and a wish for the future, but now we can both proudly say that it has become a reality. They said yes to our proposal and with that yes a new business has unfolded. I am so happy that I didn't let this dream go dormant, because I was about to.
My other example is a touchy subject for some people and at first I didn't know how to go about this one because there are many different ways to go about it and many different approaches to achieve the same peacefulness. Due to all of my struggles this year, I have decided to turn to my faith once again and consistently go back to a synagogue. So, I decided to look at a synagogue that felt right to me. I like the Oak Park community, because, in general it feels excepting. It has a wide variety of people with all different ethnic backgrounds and classes. A perfect example of the ethnic background scenario that I am talking about is when I attended my first service at Oak Park Temple there was a man converting to Judaism from Mexico. That is a perfect illustration of open mindedness and an excepting community. Another thing that I was attracted to from the very beginning was that their synagogue is on a sliding scale. Which means you are only required to pay what you can afford and they won't turn you away. Even though it will be awhile, my ultimate dream is to move to Oak Park. So I knew that besides my dance community, I would have to build more of a community in Oak Park and I thought that this would be a great place to start.
With all of that said, however, I am a big believer in tradition and family bonds. So I will always continue to go to my synagogue in Northbrook for the high holidays which are Rosh Hashanah, our New Year, and Yon Kippur, our repentance day. With a combination of reconnecting with my faith and creating a stable profession for myself all in the matter of a few weeks, it has made me believe that this year will start out to be a good one. I hope that all of you have a wonderful celebration of the New Year and that it will bring to you happiness, health, prosperity, and success in all that you do. Don't give up on those dreams that you have been putting off! As the song by Natasha Bedingfield says, "the rest is still unwritten".
I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Oh, oh, oh
I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
Oh, yeah, yeah
Start the New Year off right! Love to all, write to you in 2014!
-Jessi
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