Poor Wizard

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Become open to receiving guidance and insight through your dreams. 
Carolyn Myss "Anatomy of the Spirit"
If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much. 
Tom Krause

    I had a dream last night that I was standing under a live Oak Tree with it’s Spanish moss swaying in the night wind.  This is the type of magical tree that I fell in love with when I was in New Orleans and in my dream I was back in the South, feeling my senses completely awake.  Then I was standing in line for a roller-coaster ride.  As I looked around me, there were men and women executives coming out of a meeting.  They came over to me and I introduced myself to them.  One of the men said, “Oh, you’re the creator.” I knew they were talking about the burlesque series that I’m working on.  I said, “Yes, I am.” He replied, “Poor wizard.”
    In my dream, I never doubted that the series had been picked up and I would go on the roller-coaster ride of having my work produced.  But why the “Poor Wizard?”
    In her book, Anatomy of the Spirit, Carolyn Myss describes using dreams as a way to develop symbolic sight. In this dream I could clearly see, feel, and sense my work being produced but the cryptic poor wizard at the end of the dream has me baffled.  Perhaps it’s the “Be careful what you wish for” warning.  There’s a hilarious show called Episodes about a British couple whose series gets picked up by an American network and turned into a monster completely unlike the one that they created.  Is this what it means to be a poor wizard?
    What I know for sure is that my experiences in New Orleans were rich in magic.  I met New Orleans when we were in similar places - my life was a bit topsy-turvy after the breakup of a relationship that spanned three decades, New Orleans was still reeling from the devastation of a hurricane.  Both of us were negotiating what our new normals would be.  But New Orleans, with its “Laissez les bon temps rouler” attitude reminded me to have fun and enjoy life, every moment that I'm breathing.

There’s a Greek song that goes, “Enjoy your life, you only take two meters in the earth.” What can you do to enjoy your life, every moment you’re breathing?