My Opi Dreams the Past
When I heard about the opi from Lyman in his post My Opi (Finally), the first images to cross my mind came from an old American television series, The Andy Griffith Show with the iconic Opie, son of Sheriff Andy Taylor.
Just a short amount of reading told me April Groves created the opi to to denote my future self. Whew! I don't have to be Ron Howard.
But would that be so bad? Ron Howard is one of those rarities - a famous child actor who grew up to be a 'normal' person. He became one of the best producers and directors in Hollywood. He became himself instead of living a caricature of an image. I could live with that.
My Opi. I get up in the morning, images of the night's experiences still in my head. My wife is lying beside me. I get a cup of coffee, then read my mail. The kids are doing well. Books sales are steady. After meditating I spend the day working on the new book as Lady Glynis books films for the next few weeks. During a break I work in the greenhouse looking back over the last few years. I can't remember the last time I became truly angry at anything. I can't remember the last time I beat myself up about something. People haven't changed. I have. I'm becoming me. I am thankful that each moment is new. I send this moment to my self.
The dance goes on.
Thank you, Lyman.
Thank *you* for sharing that, Rick. Good stuff.
I've always admired Ron Howard myself... like you said, a child actor who grew up and kept his head while being successful is a rare thing.
Just thinking about him and Andy Griffith going fishing makes me want to whistle the theme song from the show. :)
No, Rick...it wouldn't be all that bad.
But, your Opi has a peacefulness to it that I wouldn't trade for all the Ron Howard's in the world.
I'm with Lyman - let's go fishing!
I didn't even think of the theme song while I was writing the post, Lyman. Now you've got me whistling it.
Sounds good, April. Let's go.
I think my first awareness of just being came when I was fishing.
Nice dad....
Thank you, Jon.
Hi Rick, this is quite a different meme, to look at myself in the future. Hmmm.... I'll take your challenge and you'll be hearing from me!
I liked it, Robyn. It's an effective angle on "how you gonna get there if you don't know where you're going?"
Have fun with it.