Har-old … you ARE the one!!!
You got a date with Destiny. She’s more than a girl.
I love you!
P.S. I tried uploading the video for you but EMI wouldn’t permit it. Love you again!
Tag Archives: dreams
Invisible Counselors
Dear Har-old,
American author Napoleon Hill wrote, “… I followed the habit of reshaping my own character, by trying to imitate the nine men whose lives and life-works had been most impressive to me.”
Here are your cabinet members:
- Janelle Monae
- Jesse Eisenberg’s Mark Zuckerberg
- Kobe Bryant
- Adrian Monk
- Heath Ledger’s Joker
- 50 Cent
- Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds
- Max B
- Shawn Spencer from Psych
- Sean Parker (the real one and Justin Timberlake’s version)
- Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory
Every night before you go to sleep, I want you to shut your eyes, and see, in your imagination, this group of people seated with you around a council table. You will not only have the opportunity to sit among these people you consider great but you will actually dominate this group. That’s right, you will serve as chairman. I want you to call on your cabinet members for the knowledge you wish each to contribute, addressing yourself to each member in audible words, as follows:
- Ms. Monae, I desire to acquire from you your fearlessness, your creativity, your “weirdness,” your individuality and your imagination. I fell in love with you when I seen Tightrope. You are the ONLY woman I will marry.
- Eisenberg‘s Zuckerberg, I request that you pass on to me your over-ambitiousness that is on full-display in The Social Network which I seen in theaters 3 consecutive Saturdays. Saved the ticket stubs. Watched the trailer innumerable times. Bought the book the movie was based on, The Accidental Billionaires. Purchased the soundtrack. Pre-ordered the collector’s edition DVD. All of which I keep in a safe.
- Kobe, I respect your mind more than your basketball skills. I’m actually excited to see what you will do after retirement. I desire to acquire your mental toughness, your calmness in pressure situations and competitive edge. After you won your first championship, instead of being satisfied, you spent the whole summer getting better. I want your passion.
- Monk, I wish to learn from you how to turn my OCD into a gift instead of a curse. Also, I want you to help with my photographic memory. You are just an inspiration. You are … my favorite television character of all time.
- Ledger‘s Joker, I wish to acquire from you your foresight, your chess-like thinking, your genius level of planning, knowledge of human behavior and unique view of the world. What was the most impressive to me about you in The Dark Knight was your ability to ALWAYS stay 12 steps ahead of Batman.
- 50, I have been a fan of yours since late 2002. I desire to acquire from you your aggressiveness, your detachment ability and your application of The 48 Laws of Power.
- Reid, I wish to acquire your autodidacticism, eidetic memory, your speed reading ability, and your lack of talent when it comes to talking to females. I love Criminal Minds.
- Max, every time I’m stressed, depressed, frustrated and need to get in the mood I listen to you. You put so much pain and passion in your music. I wish to acquire from you your charisma and attitude.
- Shawn, I request you to pass on your extraordinary powers of observation, your eidetic memory, your deduction, your sense of humor, your child-like imagination and playfulness. Psych is one of my favorite shows, man.
- Sean, The Social Network started my interest in you. I request you pass on to me your opportunity-seeing-eye, your autodidacticism, your networking abilities, your serial entrepreneurial spirit and your intensity for ideas.
- Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory is one of my favorite shows. I desire to possess your eidetic memory, your overtly intellectual personality and disinterest in romantic relationships.
Now your method of addressing the members of your cabinet will vary, according to the traits of character you are, for the moment, most interested in acquiring. The purpose in this is to rebuild your own character so it would represent a composite of the characters of your imaginary counselors.
Futuristically yours,
Har+new
Same Bed, Different Pillow
Dear Har-old,
American journalist Erma Bombeck said, “Dreams have only one owner at a time. That’s why dreamers are lonely.”
Think as you like but behave like others.
I know you feel this is an intolerable infringement on your freedom but please, please, please do NOT make people feel inferior.
THEY WILL PUNISH YOU.
You will only convince a few but offend many, many more.
Make your face as malleable as the actors.
And if you discover someone else is “acting” too, don’t award them with an Oscar, rather share your pillow with them.
Remember: Appearances are everything.
There are already things working against the letter u:
u looks like an incomplete O with a tail.
So, you have to work extra hard to blend in with the rest of the letters.
Do not stand out; there is strength in numbers.
You have to be the last one who goes to sleep or else, they will see you counting black sheep.
Be patient.
Get them in bed.
Put yourself in an unshakable position.
Then have your pillow fight.
Futuristically yours,
Har+new
You Have Earned Your Wings!
A bird NOT flying
Dear Har-old,
Chinese author Lin Yutang said, “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.”
You have been having this recurring dream that you could fly BUT your feet aren’t too far from the ground.
What the hell are you scared of?!
The power lines???
You know what this reminds me of?
The world’s most boring iPhone.
You had a iPhone for over two years without a single app on it. Without a single app.
Friends say you have it to say you have it.
Your history of not pushing things to its limit; of not allowing things to live up to its potential; of not taking advantage of your gifts.
Free as a bird. Why you think people say that?
Because flying IS freedom.
And the longer you stay your ass on that ground or even close to the ground, the tighter those cuffs on your ankle become … squeeze!
Your ability to fly is your money, your library of books, your mind, the Yeebizan, your passion and determination, your persistence, your enthusiasm and everything else you have that is great.
Do not be the model on the runway; be the plane.
Har-old, you have earned your wings!
Futuristically yours,
Har+new
