Decide After You Give a Look!

It's been a very interesting last couple of weeks. And although I have not blogged much in the last while, I have been thinking of you, my readers. Mostly, I have been thinking about the kind of life and environment I DON'T want for you. Here's why...

As you may or may not know, I am a theatre director. I freelance. So, I choose where I want to work and with whom and what stories I want to tell.

This past fall, I was submitting scripts to a Producer and, although she liked what I was giving her, she did not feel that any of the stories I was giving her were right for this season. Finally, she gave me a script. I read it a couple of times and I hated it. I hated it so much that I said I wasn't sure I wanted to do it. She told me to read it again! (Yea, she definitely has the guts to be a Producer!)

Well, long story short - I decided that it was worth doing. I did not love it but I eventually saw that there was some value in doing the story.

It's very interesting to me how this all worked out. Because as I began to analyze and prepare for rehearsals, I found the script to be speaking directly to me. In fact, the message was so powerfully directed to me that I began to realize that this was not just an ordinary script choosing process that we had gone through, but something that was anointed.

Decide on whether you want something in your lives after you give it a really good look. You might be surprised what you find!


Keep Partnering!

Wanda

Kaizen means "continually growing" in Japanese.
Have you tapped into your richness?
http://www.kaizenworks.org

Lives of Meaning

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about what it is that makes our lives meaningful or special. I've come to the conclusion that the meaning flows from whatever definition we give life.

What do you think makes our lives meaningful?

And I think Sarah McLachlan says it so perfectly. Here's the lyrics to Ordinary Miracle and a video to listen. May it bless you as much as it has me.



It’s not that usual when everything is beautiful
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sky knows when its time to snow
You don’t need to teach a seed to grow
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Life is like a gift they say
Wrapped up for you everyday
Open up and find a way
To give some of your own

Isn’t it remarkable?
Like every time a raindrop falls
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Birds in winter have their fling
And always make it home by spring
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

When you wake up everyday
Please don’t throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart
Cause we are all a part
Of the ordinary miracle

Ordinary miracle
Do you want to see a miracle?

Its seems so exceptional
Things just work out after all
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sun comes up and shines so bright
It disappears again at night
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Keep Partnering!

Wanda

Kaizen means "continually growing" in Japanese.
Have you tapped into your richness?
http://www.kaizenworks.org

The Difference Between KW & RP

Recently I was asked about the difference between the two branches of my work in the performing arts- Kaizen Works and Reinholdt Productions. Great question!

Reinholdt Productions is a Canadian production partnership with my husband, John, that is contracted to direct, write, and partner in performing arts projects. Through sharing actual experiences, John and I aim to inspire other performing artists in the actual DOING of their art. In other words, we tell of actual adventures in our business planning, developing, and producing works. In turn, we hope to teach others.

Kaizen Works is a coaching community that focuses on the person, the character, living and being first. I enter into a relationship with performing artists in which we take a look at beliefs, habits, personal understanding and awareness. If necessary, we tweek so that the artist can BE who they were created to BE. It is in this BEING that we find that the actual DOING of the art flows naturally.


Keep Partnering!

Wanda

Kaizen means "continually growing" in Japanese.
Have you tapped into your richness?
http://www.kaizenworks.org