by April's Aria

Created on: June 23, 2008

My life has undergone a powerful new direction in which I will no longer "settle" for mediocrity and that which is convenient. I am a divorced single parent and I will remain single until I feel a peaceful harmony within myself. It is only through a harmonious balance in all areas that a relationship potential is operating at its deepest level. Extremes in any one area of communication or interaction will eventually lead to failure. At this time in my life, I do not feel a great need to seek out or create my "soul-mate". I enjoy who I am and enjoy sharing good times with intelligent individuals who possess a spirit of adventure.

I have been called from my ordinary life to enact a self-transformation that will epitomize my free spirited nature. It is felt in every fiber of my being, and resonates into my day to day life. After graduating from College with degrees in Music Education and Music Therapy I began working as a Music Therapist in a healthcare setting. I returned for my Graduate Studies and received a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and spent many years working in the field of Psychology. I left a position as Director of Psychological Services and have been working as a Fine Arts Professional for the past eight years. In this position I have awakened and developed multiple areas of creativity. I write, direct, and choreograph Children's Musicals, write poetry, and write music for various ceremonies and productions.

This awakening has begun an entirely new cycle of possibilities and wipes away old failures, anger and doubt. I am starting fresh with a new goal, a new purpose and a new set of resources to work with. Everyday now feels like the start of Spring. In truth, this newness is not unique at all. It has rekindled submerged aspects of myself that I have always possessed but have not tapped due to suffocating in a monotonous existence in a marriage of convenience.

I harbor no regrets for the choices I have made. My trials and tribulations have given me the inner strength to face the many challenges of life. After enduring a wretched, all-consuming heartbreak I developed a greater resiliance to the stressors of day to day living. Additionally, in the process of recovery from this intense heartbreak I began to write poems, songs, and musicals. My seemingly endless emotional turmoil released a profuse display of creativity which was ignited by pent up passions. This same experience has also made me realize that true love can indeed change the world.

I have witnessed the indescribable joy that happens in people's hearts when they labor creatively and lovingly to cultivate and share each other. I possess the inner certainty that a person can change the world with a persistent, faithful, optimistic labor of love.
This knowledge fuels me, even in situations where the world at large doesn't give much credence. I enjoy inspiring others to achieve their own greatest potential as well as work on my own.

I am also a very playful person who enjoys being silly equally as much as being extremely passionate.
Live, Learn, Laugh!

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