WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?

As promissed two week ago, my review of my new show FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD
My Life in Song, should be rated A+....not by any legitimate source but by my own soul. Performed last Thursday, right before the start of Rosh Hashannah, at the most well known Jewish Community Center in South Florida, the faces on this senior audience as they sang along almost every number with me, gave me a wonderful sense of "right time, right place, right thing to be doing"...therefore the A+.

I watched Oprah this week doing her 'retro' of Michael Jackson, and I was really touched by a question she asked him. It went something like: When did you figure out what you were 'supposed to do, because most of us are still struggling with that? It made me wonder how many of us do take the time to ask ourselves 'what are we supposed to do?'. Or in other words:
'What is our mission in this life...what are we here to do/give/accomplish? I stood there last Thursday knowing that this is 'what I am supposed to do'. If one has the capacity to make any person or group of persons, especially those with losses (such as seniors who are not 'movin like they used to') simply feel happier, even if it is for a moment, then one is 'doing what he or she is supposed to be doing'!

I remember learning once at a Torah study that even the homeless man or woman in the doorway is doing what he or she is 'supposed to be doing' because they are here to remind us how fortunate we are, and in turn they sit there to stir up inside us a certain generosity.

I have a new friend who helped me prepare and execute my little show, who is very clear about what he is here to do in this life. A trained scientist/engineer he was on the team that designed the ultra sound, the MRI and the PET scan. He continues to figure out new ways to save people through technology. He's obviously doing 'what he's supposed to do' and it's not being my sound/prop man. Yet by helping me he was still giving to people in need. A special thank you on all levels from all of us to Abe.

How many of you out there are really clear on what you're here to do? If you're on my reading list you have my respect for whatever it is you do, because allowing special people into our framework of friends is also something 'we are supposed to do'. As I've written earlier when someone in our life's framework is toxic to our energy and in turn keeps us from that which we are 'supposed to do'--it is time to clean house and get rid of the poisons in it. Sometimes simply taking them out of our house is a good solution and may allow us to relate to them but at a healthier distance.

At this time of the Fall when school begins again and the Jewish High Holy Days call for a reflection of ourselves, it may be the right time for all of us, no matter what denomination, to 'take stock' and think about what we are 'supposed to do' with the wonderful mind, body, skills, talents and soul that brought us here.

Love to you all and hoping you enjoyed this session.

Dr. Mimi Scott
917 846-2449