the one time not to be logical (pt1)

i was sitting in a restaurant at lunch recently and overheard a father say something i couldn't dismiss. it started with his kid wishing for something.....something outrageous like a ride on a a spaceship i think. basically the dad told jr the he was wishing "irresponsibly"......really, that's the word he used.

if you believe in wishes then why not wish irresponsibly......why not go for a ride on a spaceship. why not wish for something that's out of reach. i can compare it to video games. if i play basketball on my ps3 i don't necessarily want "real game situations".......give me nba jam or some shit like that. i wanna look like greg louganis when i dunk, i want the basketball to catch on fire when i hit three treys in a row, i want the other players to explode when i win. i live in reality. i can't jump, i will never shoot so well that the balls become engulfed in flames....i prob won't ride on a spaceship. but why not wish.

i was reading g.k. chesterton a few years ago and he wrote something that has tinted my thinking since. it basically said that if you believe in a fairytale world, you can't ask "why" about the rules of that world. example: you can't ask why everyone in a fairy world has to walk on their hands. if you ask that, if you apply logic to how you walk in that world then you have to apply logic to the entire thing.....which will in turn make it a normal world.

the point of this is free thinking. unhindered goals. creative reality. we can apply this to our profession in so many ways. of course the easiest one for all of us is creativity in designing/coloring hair, that's easy to apply. what about the business goals? what about your personal goals? i've learned this in a huge way recently......and it was a challenge to walk out.

applying logic to your dreams/goals too soon in the process of creating can cut you short. in the beginning of anything it's important to see how big it can be. i look back at one year ago sitting in a room with two friends documenting our '09 goals with video(still got those?). i remember what i said, and major parts have evolved into something real while other parts were unattainable. i was aiming higher than i ever have......and now, one year later, i hit a spot that is very solid and satisfying. i truly believe if i had tried to make sense of things a year ago i would not be as happy. my salon would not be the reflection of me that it is.

think of it like this. in the beginning, when a dream is being stirred inside of you the possibilities fade into the horizon. so just walk into the horizon and see where you end up. thinking it out too much will fence you in and take away situations and successes you will never know about. as you walk more into the future you'll see how it's shapes up and then logic comes into play.

(to be continued)