{"id":134,"date":"2010-02-22T22:03:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2010-02-22T22:13:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:13:49","slug":"vision-quest-chronicle-27-following-your-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"Vision Quest Chronicle #27: Following Your Bliss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_129\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nicole-at-GallerieMyrtis-2007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-129\" title=\"Nicole at Gallerie Myrtis 2007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nicole-at-GallerieMyrtis-2007-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nicole-at-GallerieMyrtis-2007-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Nicole-at-GallerieMyrtis-2007.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Cutts at Gallerie Myrtis opening<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What is your bliss???<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m unaccountably happy this morning. I am NOT a morning person, but I awoke early and wanted to get to work. As I was making my coffee and practicing being in the moment, I realized (once again) that I am living my Vision. We have all, no doubt, heard that life is a journey not a destination. The same is said of success and achieving your Visions. When I can remember this I am happy. When I forget I am dissatisfied and lost in fantasy about the future and how happy I will feel \u201cwhen\u201d I achieve my Visions.<\/p>\n<p>A reader recently commented that he conceptualizes living his Vision as what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcf.org\/new\/index.php?categoryid=31\"><strong>Joseph Campbell<\/strong> <\/a>refers to as following your bliss. Nelson Bolles, author of <strong>\u201c<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/What-Color-is-Your-Parachute-2009\/Richard-Nelson-Bolles\/e\/9781580089302\"><strong>What Color is Your Parachute?\u201d<\/strong> <\/a>says, \u201cYour mission in life is where your deep joy and the world\u2019s deep hunger meet.\u201d I believe both of these concepts.<\/p>\n<p>In state VI: Consummation, of my Vision Realization Continuum(Cutts, 2004) \u201cone experiences the union with his or her Vision and bliss, contentment, and joy are felt.\u201d This same bliss is also experienced in state VII: Commitment, but in this state the challenges of maintaining the commitment are also felt. I believe that I am living in the states of continual consummation and commitment. Like in any relationship, and I do conceptualize living one\u2019s Vision like a relationship, there are good days and challenging days. Today happens to be one of those good days and not because of something I am accomplishing but because I am reveling in the fun of and the realization of how far I have come on the journey.<\/p>\n<p>Are you following your bliss? Leave a comment and let us know. Much continued success on your journey!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s.aspx?sm=owJw5CixCl3pXrJR0lPIEg_3d_3d \">Vision Quest Survey Report<\/a><\/strong>: as of today, 118 women have completed it! My Goal= 1000.<\/p>\n<p>(first posted 6.7.09)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is your bliss??? I\u2019m unaccountably happy this morning. I am NOT a morning person, but I awoke early and wanted to get to work. 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