“Channeling the Energy
of 50K Festival to make September A Transformational Fresh Start for My Life
& Career!” by Kevin D’Arcy
Can you feel it? We are mere days away from this
monumental event that we have all been working towards for more months than we
could have imagined, all to bring 50,000 youth across the country together for
a festival of Peace. Wow! What an
undertaking. We all are a part of it, whether we walk into one of those arenas
across the U.S., or we simply gather in District centers to chant for it’s
success.
I have been involved in enough events during my
former life in the labor movement to know that the closer you get to the event,
the crazier everyone becomes. The energy of the event becomes palpable the
bigger the event. Now this is my first Buddhist event so maybe chanting will
keep everyone’s nervous energy in check but just in case it doesn’t, give a hug
to someone at the Buddhist center you think is running around like a crazy
person trying to get a million things done before September 23rd.
For myself, it just
occurred to me that I have family coming to visit, first my niece directly
after the festival for two days of bonding and her directing me on how
to turn my current hermit’s apartment into a swanky LA bachelor pad! Hahah!
When she is done with me, my home and outlook for
the future is guaranteed to be transformed! Hopefully for the better.
My challenge is, I have been so busy with SGI
district meetings and work stuff that my messy apartment has only gotten
messier.
Instead of falling into panic mode, I am turning to
my Gohonzon for guidance on how I can channel all the chaotic energy of this
month to accomplish my district and work responsibilities and also purge my
apartment of as much unnecessary clutter for the first time since November of
1994 when I moved into this place.
I’ve decided to use 50K and my niece’s visit as an
opportunity to let go of what I truly don’t need and make room for new
blessings to enter my life and home.
It may sound crazy but releasing my “hoarder”
tendencies and opening myself up to having my home reflect the major
transformation I am experiencing in this “Year of Brilliant Achievement” is a
challenge I am excited and nervous to undertake. In so many ways this year for
me has become about letting go of the past, growing into the Bad-Ass Gay
Buddhist I am meant to be, and reaching goals I never TRULY imagined were
possible before I received my Gohonzon.
I feel like a kid again! I have never felt so
excited to be alive! I have so many goals as an actor, as a gay man, as a Los
Angeleno that I want to accomplish. Step One is making my home ground zero for
the new life I am daring to LIVE!!Δ
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