Today… I crawl or I run?
Hey my dear family, my friends, my inspiration…
If only you were a little bat sneaking in the studio, the YFE HQ, the La Fabrik t-shirt making area and our Atelier where my partner and I are crafting jewelry, you would FLIP OUT to see everything that is going on, boiling and ready to explode, emerging from dedicated labour and a passionate will to build bridges to unite all of us together. Every day, I’m just so amazed at what I see blooming in front of my eyes…
Did you know we will present for the very first time the “Where Did We Loose Each other” video clip?!? I remember when we filmed that video clip… Everything that could possibly go wrong in the preparation, did go wrong, as if filming that clip had to test our perseverance and determination! The van broke down while carrying the equipment, we had trouble renting all the necessary lighting system, I even had a major ugly skin infection all over my face!lol (well….it’s a big LOL now, but that day, I was more panicked than anything!!! Panicked and also very fortunate to have the help from a make up artist friend to do a big job of “face-camouflage”!!!Lol ) But I think you know us well by now and we’re not the kind to let down a project that we know will touch everyone’s heart and let all of us feel the power and freedom carried by the music and Alex’s words.
Not giving up in front of adversity… Each day can be either a repetition of what we always live, always the same routine, the same people, the same conversation, the same habits, the same highs and lows…OR… Each day we can live our life making decisions to try something new, to dare to have fun, to talk to a friend about something that really is important for you… We all can spend our waking hours surfing on the same old waves… OR… Taking action doing something that could change our life or the life of someone we care about. LET’S BE BOLD!!! And if we go wrong… if we fail… if we get hurt… if… if… if… thank God we don’t have the “faculty of fearing” so developed when we are babies, otherwise nobody would walk or run…we would all still be crawling!lol (hummm… interesting image in my mind of all adults of this planet crawling to work, crawling to the grocery store… “walking on two little feet? are you crazy??? I may fall!”… Babies don’t think that way. I guess we learn to fear and forget the joy of discovering new possibilities, new sounds, new textures, new flavors, new people, new feelings, new landscapes, new aspects of ourselves…
I discover my musical sensitivity when I write and play melodies on the piano. I let myself freely explore my creative side with the jewelry project. The more I take risks not only in what I do, but in how I am honest with my friends and with myself, the more I see my life is yet to be written and discovered… I’m just so glad I don’t have to be the same girl I was almost a year ago when we filmed “Where Did We Lose Each Other”. I’m just so thankful that I found a love that frees me from fear.
In everything we do, music, shirts, DVDs, jewelry, Blogs, Video Clips, Live Internet Talk shows, and so on… We are learning to walk and run! Nobody can do that learning for us… We just try and fall and get back up and press on and get stuck and get frustrated and find solutions and explode with joy when we realize we made it! I hope we can be big brothers and big sisters for you, a helping hand to stand up, a voice to encourage you to sneak your head in the next room to see what’s interesting there. I desire for us to be there when you do fall and get hurt, to heal you but also and mainly to remind you that as soon as your tears are dry you can laugh and run all over again. I have that quality of people around me: the guys from the band and the women and men from the YFE team. And we all dedicate our talent… our life to be there for you too.
Why? It’s so much more fun to run with many friends than alone;) Up for it bro? Got your shoes on sis?
I love you
-Miss Isabel
Tags: Miss Isabel, Music, Where Did We Lose Each Other, YFE, Your Favorite Enemies
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Mary Beth's mom
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Aiiiii!!!! WOW!!! i love the comments preceding me here!!! You have set off such sparks, dear Isa!!! Pushing on in spite of the obstacles that inevitably rise before us, keeping a child's heart through the storm, eventually finding our way to freedom, bit by bit – and often through the help of a guiding light before us – such as yourselves, and all of us in this family whom you have welcomed into your lives and in that invitation, found ourselves welcomed into the lives of each other.. a blessing beyond any words!! It is indeed so much more fun (and indeed really only possible) to run with friends than to run alone. You KNOW i've got my shoes on!!!! Thank you from the bottom of everything that is me for all you (all of you) do to make this possible! 🙂 <3love you so very very much!!! mom e
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International Lady
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I so remember that Bat!! It was so soft and very scared… I guess how many of us can feel when we are faced with a challenge… But like the bat we have to face the challenge, like the bat we have to keep flying! Like the bat eventually we find the way to freedom! (even if sometimes we need a little guidance!)Wonderful words as always.. loving you.. xxxx
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Mom "B"
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Ya know a wise bearded king once told me, you have to have the heart of a child to trust. To me this is what this blog is about. To have the faith to trust in something you can't see, to press on and to run the good race we need to we need to step through the fear.Thank you for your surrendering so that others may see your light shine and say I think I want what she has.Love you Missy
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Miss Ari
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I was amazed at the way your thoughts are in phase with mine… at the way they fit my recent meditation and conclusions I came to… at how this Diary is close to my heart and easy to understand!Recently, I realized that sometimes, when you cannot manage to turn some plan of yours into reality at the first go-off, when something get in the way, you may tend to think, "Well… this's not on the cards! Maybe I do something wrong!"… BUT… de facto, all those failures may mean this: "You do it RIGHT! Keep going, and never stop under head of the opposition, even if at some point the whole world seems to be against you!"You suggest being bold, my sister? I'm with up for that! :)PS I'm looking forward to being at the Bla Bla Bla and seeing the video – the real-world evidence of that "right" that took heat, overcame all the obstacles and emerged victorious! 🙂
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