Spirit in Gear
September 1st, 2007 by Richard CockrumDo you remember adventure books? In these books you’re give the basic framework of a story, then at key points you make a choice, turn to the page following from that choice, then continue the story. In this way, each person who read the book read a completely different story.
For this weekend Liz Strauss has put together an adventure for us. Here’s my story. What story will you tell?
Steve Olson was thinking about how to change your thoughts , when out of the blue he was in the fast lane. You might think this is strange,but in chaos manor such things happen all of the time. Our brave and quirky hero knew exactly what to do — live the power, but our brave and quirky hero had no zen habits. Seeking help for this dilemma, our hero headed down the road to make it great.
The road passed three creatures — each of them was more interesting than the next.
The first was an urban monk.
The second was the fearless advisor.
The third was a nakedpastor.
Our brave and quirky hero ran the rest of the way, and when he got there, he got another surprise!
“Small dogs paradise!” our hero exclaimed.
“Creating a better life,” the motivational speaker answered.
“I was looking for the good life, when out of the blue I saw the universe in a single atom.” our brave and quirky hero said, knees shaking. “Could you spare the price of rice?”
And so it passed that logical emotions gave our brave and quirky hero mythology between old and new moons AND a balanced life center and all was well.
You might think this is strange, but in evolving times such things happen all of the time.
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September 1st, 2007 at 10:01 am
This is great Rick. Thanks for including me in your story and turning me on to the this fun adventure from Liz!
Oh and by the way, you won again over at Evolving Times!!! So you’ll have to come over and decide which one you want.
September 1st, 2007 at 10:42 am
:))) Very clever, Rick!
Perhaps we should all start having a weekly post like this or something…?
Congrats on your second prize from Ed, looks like the list of second time winners is growing!
Have a great weekend, talk to you soon!
September 1st, 2007 at 11:46 am
This is great! I love it!
So happy to be a part of the wonderful story!
September 1st, 2007 at 12:41 pm
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September 1st, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Rick,
This is truly wonderful! It reads like literature. Thanks for the great entertainment and the introduction to a couple of blogs I needed to meet.
September 1st, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Haha, that’s great! What a fun story. Well put together, and thanks for the link as well.
September 1st, 2007 at 11:39 pm
Ha! That was awesome, Rick! And bringing me back to those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books was really cool too. I loved those!
September 2nd, 2007 at 12:29 am
What an amazing way to weave some wonderful blogs into a fantastic story. Thanks for including mine among them Rick!
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:04 am
Hi Ed,
What can I say? You fit right in to the story.
I won again? Thank you! It must be good karma week.
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:05 am
Thank you, Gleb.
Doing this weekly? I don’t know. Liz’s framework makes it easy. She’s the master.
You have a great weekend, too!
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:07 am
You’re always a part of the story, Karen. I’ve been trying to write a post for your birthday for three weeks now. This is the closest I’ve gotten.
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:09 am
Hi Liz,
A blog you don’t know? I’m glad you’ve met now.
I’m looking forward to the stories others write.
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:13 am
It is fun Albert. I’m glad you liked it. Liz did the hard work. I just had to fill in the blanks.
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:20 am
Hi Lyman!
The adventure books were fun.
Enjoy your weekend!
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:22 am
Hey Phil,
You have to be where someone is trying to make it great!
September 4th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Rick, you’ve got me gushing with thanks and tickled feelings for using my blog name to title your post. Thanks for your generous, creative story incorporating numerous blogs!
September 4th, 2007 at 7:44 am
It seemed most appropriate, Deb.
I’m glad you liked it.
September 4th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Rick, this was brilliant and fun. And so worthy of imitating!
September 4th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Hi Lisa,
The piece was a joy to write. Liz’s framework and my feedreader did the hard parts.
It’s a good example of using limits to find creativity.
September 4th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
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September 4th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Hi, Rick. Thanks for passing on this cool Idea
September 4th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Hi mahud,
You’re welcome. Your post was brilliantly done!
September 5th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Great story! It was fun to read and explore the links. Thanks for including me in the fun.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Hi Ralph,
Thank you. It was a lot of fun to write, too.
What better person to pass on the road to a balanced life than a fearless advisor?
September 6th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Very interesting Rick! Thanks for that.
September 6th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Hi Life Reflection,
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Your tagline always reminds me of Blake.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Hi Rick, this was a great adventure story.
I know this was not an easy writing task that Liz set us at all - whatever you might say!
Best wishes
Joanna
September 12th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
It was a lot of fun to write. Easy is a relative term. It was a lot easier than coming up with everything on our own. The variations in the stories we came up with shows how limits can encourage creativity.
Take care,
Rick
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