Where hit songs come from -- from Chris Martin, and Barry & Robin Gibb

The following are quotes from Chris Martin of Coldplay, and Barry and Robin Gibb, during interviews used in a documentary about the Bee Gees.

Chris:  "If you said to me, or anyone, 'Go and write a hit song right now,' they'd be able to craft something good, but it would probably be missing this magic that if you work in music long enough you understand is running everything.  Like surfers with waves.  Surfers don't make the waves.  Fisherman don't make the fish.  Song writers don't really write songs, you receive songs.

Music is this huge energy flying around everywhere and if you're lucky you get little slices of it that turn into songs."

Barry Gibb: "It's almost as if someone has already written the songs in the air and they're giving them to you." 
Robin Gibb:  "Like a radio transmission."

LOP is receiving your 'songs' on the upward spiral.

Peak Experiences

I recently stuck my nose back into Abraham Maslow's 'Peak Experience' writings.  I am not going to dictate the wealth of information out there on the subject into this post.  However, I am going to share the reminder that I got from re-reading his work -- he too believed in an upward spiral of life.

Now if living on the upward spiral is not important to you, not a priority, or you have no interest in it, that is all good.  Carry on.  But if something piques your interest about it (i.e. it may feel reassuring, or expanding, or exciting), it could be a whole lot of fun to see where that seed takes you.

I know not many talk about the upward spiral.  Most may not even really get the meaning of it.  But just because it is not normal does not make it any less real, or for me, natural. 

LOP is a life beyond what has probably felt like mediocrity; it is a life with the potential of peak experiences.

Procrastination

I am going to play around with the idea of appreciating procrastination instead of beating ourselves up about it.  As with all emotions procrastination is another way I am assisting myself to LOP; it is guiding me to more and more of who I really am (WIRA), so it is actually a really good thing.

If I am procrastinating about something it must mean I am on the downward spiral (I am making that assumption because I think most of us use, or relate to that word as something that doesn't feel good).  If I am on the downward spiral it must mean I am believing something about myself that is not true, because I am only on the downward spiral when I am not being (WIRA).  So, procrastination is actually a huge help to us because it is pointing out something I am believing about myself that is holding me back from what I really desire.  I am not procrastinating because I am lazy, or not worthy, or scared, I am procrastinating because I am not yet believing in my desires.  And trying to move forward while not believing in your desires is hard work, it would be easier to try and move a mountain.

So, the real answer when you catch yourself feeling like you are procrastinating, is not to push harder, it is to update whatever belief you are tripping over.  I promise you, as you discover what you are believing about yourself, compared to what is really true about WYRA, the procrastination will melt away and you will either easily move forward with what you were procrastinating about, or you will realize you didn't want to, or need to, be doing it in the first place.

LOP is appreciating procrastination for helping me believe Me.