Intermission
a creative coffee break from writing the play

My friend Eddie Conner believes "America’s real crack problem" is the way we contradict what we want with what we say, and as a result cut ourselves off at the, uh, knees. Okay, that’s my paraphrasing Eddie. He would never say it that way. He’d be very funny while he was saying it, too. A handful of years ago he even wrote a book called Kicking the Big BUT Syndrome. If you don’t know what a big BUT is…listen to how many times you are offered help, or advice, and you respond with "Yes, but…" Or you tell yourself, "I want ____ in my life, but the ____ won’t let me." Okay, you wouldn’t say "______" You might say, "I want to be an artist, but I can’t make a living at it." There are a myriad of more subtle ways we express our contradictions. I digress…this journal entry is about Eddie.

Except this paragraph is about me…. When I’m writing, I like to pay homage to my family in some way, and I put some gesture, personality trait, habit, secret, uh, something that is known to us. Sometimes I get in trouble for doing that. Anyway, my homage to Eddie has been to try to write this creative coffee-break journal without using the word "but." When I did a Google search on Intermission, I found I’d used the word some 41 times in the last three years. Not shabby.

Eddie calls himself a "soul intuitive coach." He teaches "new thought" principles. You know, law of attraction, Esther and Jerry Hicks and Abraham, Wayne Dyer, The Secret.  Only thing is, Eddie teaches with humor. He could be a stand-up comic. He’s my personal Mark Twain.

He has a DVD being released in May, Living the Hi-Frequency Life.  I love that title. Then, I’m all about energy, what others call vibration or frequencies. I watched his DVD last night. It’s in a workshop format…you know, Eddie doin’ a workshop for some people. It’s a great collection of his teaching tools, and the principles he uses in his life. If you want a different take on the law of attraction stuff, with some simple, practical tools, then check out Eddie’s DVD. It’s a lot of fun.

I’ve known Eddie more than ten years. I don’t have many people I consider real friends. There’s like three of ‘em, and he’s one. Yes, he’s my dear, sweet friend, and I’m so proud of him!

To quote another friend, "WOOT!"