One Mississippi, Two Mississippi. Ready Or Not, Here I Come.

Hi,

I'm E.

J.

Meisner,

And this is a new piece I just was inspired to create,

Called One Mississippi,

Two Mississippi.

One Mississippi,

Two Mississippi,

Three Mississippi.

Ready or not,

Here I come.

Have you ever played hide and seek?

One Mississippi,

Two Mississippi.

You finish your count,

Ready or not,

And then you burst into action.

I always heard it as,

I'm coming,

Whether you're ready or not.

But what if it was,

I'm coming,

Whether I'm ready or not?

That's a pretty different perspective.

So many times that I have not burst into action,

Where instead I've held back,

I've worried that I'm not ready,

I'm not prepared,

I can't do this.

And I just didn't do it.

Set it inside,

Just forgot it,

Let it go,

Thought,

I'm not the one to do this.

And yet I have these inspirations,

These ideas,

These passions to do stuff,

And still I wouldn't do it.

I think mainly,

I would think it's because I'm afraid of what you're going to say and what you're going to think of me,

What I'm doing.

But the truth is,

It's not really about you,

It's me.

I'm afraid of what I'm going to say to myself,

Or about myself.

I'm afraid of what I've said to myself,

About myself,

When I did something that I thought was wrong.

What about you?

You ever say,

That was stupid.

You want to do something,

But you list all the reasons that you shouldn't even do it.

What if instead you could count one Mississippi,

Two Mississippi,

Three Mississippi,

And then burst into action and just follow your heart's desire and what's bubbling up inside you.

The key to really being able to do this is to love yourself and to give yourself the kind of slack and the kind of loving kindness that you would give to your best friend or your child or even a puppy.

So that when you burst forth,

No matter what happens,

You know,

You're going to have your back.

You're going to be there for yourself,

With yourself.

You're going to be okay.

And when you're really okay with yourself,

It doesn't matter so much how it goes.

It doesn't matter what other people think.

What matters is that you're being true to yourself,

That you're coming from your heart,

That you're following your inspiration,

You're living your soul led life.

So what do you say?

You want to count with me?

One Mississippi,

Two Mississippi,

Three Mississippi.

Ready or not,

Here we come.

Thank you.