Fame & Flute: Faith
Fame & Flute is a “words of counsel” series that explores the ethos and lifestyle of personal and professional development in the entertainment industry. It’s meant to be informative, entertaining, but most of all, honest.
Faith
complete trust or confidence in someone or something. If you’ve ever been through something, you know that life is not black and white. We can make plans and craft our path only to deal with tremendous obstacles and unexpected trials and tribulations. When blessings come, however, they are a reminder that as a pastor I’ve heard put it, circumstances do not indicate the level of favor in life. In a past newsletter, I spoke about “hot streaks” that can happen at any point in a person’s career and come without notice. Knowing this information, one would think that faith would be easy or at least easily cultivated, but that’s not the case.
The law of attraction is essentially faith but without religious overtones. No matter what your spiritual life may look like, there’s fruit in visualizing and manifesting the life you want. Some people are ardent nonbelievers and see it as a bunch of bull while others see it as “The Secret” to life.
I’m somewhere in the middle. I believe that while we all have free will to do what we want and wield what we want out of life, all of what we conjure isn’t always the most optimal. These days when I’m thinking about what I want for my career, my relationship, and my life overall, I focus on what is the divine design of my life. I read a book recently called The Game of Life and How to Play It that gets into this area. For me, it’s important not to just manifest the desires of my ego, but to manifest the life that’s best suited for the growth of my soul.
Before we go off into the deep end, I’m going to talk about a few aspects of my career I’ve manifested. First, was my initial job. I grew up singing and writing music. There was a particular person I read about and thought how cool it would be to work for her. That ended up happening. Next, I remember sitting at the 2014 Grammy’s behind an artist whom I didn’t know until I saw him pull up his Twitter. I thought to myself how great it would be to work with an upcoming hip-hop artist as well as working at a record label. The next year, I was doing just that.
After my experiences at a label being burnt out, I wrote down on a whiteboard I had that I wanted my next job to give me more money, allow me to be halfway in/halfway out of the industry, and put me in a position to build up my reputation and relationships. A few months later, I started work at my last job which gave me just that. I spent a couple of years always writing down that I would be in Billboard and it ended up being the place I wrote articles for 2 years.
In addition to a job, I wrote down that I wanted to get into the Soho House. I pushed for a few years to get my application in, but it wasn’t going through. When I left Billboard, I figured I wouldn’t get in until I’d built up success with my business in 5 years, but I was wrong. I got accepted a few months after I left my job. Once I set the intention and let it go, it came to me the way I wanted.
A few years ago I also decided to pay the extra money to get my own apartment. For me, it was a way to make room for the relationship I was ready to have. A year after living on my own, I met my life partner Brandon.
There’s more in my life I see myself accomplishing and attaining, but I’ve learned to write down what I want, set the intention, and then leave it up to God to work out. What is meant for you comes about as long as you believe it as so. Although life often hands you L’s before handing wins, nothing that’s for you needs to be exchanged for your dignity, integrity, and morality. That’s where I draw the line. Some people don’t, and that is why I do believe that you can force your hand in life to obtain whatever it is you want even if it’s not meant for you. Just be prepared for what comes with that.
