22 Apr 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in Life, Singing, Writing, psychology, lyrics, spirituality, Winter Park, blogger, healing, gratitude, co writing, music
Tags: Songwriter, Writing, songwriting, mindfulness, love, spirituality, gratitude, inspiration, Blogger, fans, college park, quotes, open mic, rhonda byrne, grateful, guitar, chords, confidence, magic, success
The Magic has begun! If you did not read my previous blog, allow me to bring you up to date. I have been reading “The Magic” by Rhonda Byrnes. It is truly inspiring me to do more, be more, share more. I highly recommend this book, if you haven’t already figured that out. LOL. Anyways, I miss writing to you; my invisible blogger and fans.
So here is the latest on my artistic journey, in case you are wondering. I have been researching the top recording studios in Central Florida. So far I have narrowed my search to a select few. This week I will be touring facilities and making a decision about where to record the latest song (a co-write). Please stay tuned, as I will be posting this song. Also, I am preparing for next open Mic night in College Park. Although I am not a professional guitarist; I will be attempting to learn as many chords, and strum like crazy for the next two weeks in order to be ready for open Mic. I have vowed that if I do not feel confident in my amateur guitar skills; nothing will stop me from singing. So, I will be singing Acapella.
“Come hell or high-water” (I think that is how the saying goes; I will continue to push forward with my singing/acting and entrepreneurship. This journey has not been an easy one as I have been challenged by adversities. However, it is the resilience, determination and passion which I truly feel will lead me in best direction and create success along the way.
It is the journey not the final destination that really matters after all. I’m enjoying the small moments, the precious ones with our daughter Olivia and being grateful for this life. I’m truly grateful for you, my invisible readers. Although I cannot see you; I know you exist. Thanks for your comments and feedback.
Be Well and Give Gratitude,
Kimberly
17 Apr 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in blogger, Florida, gratitude, healing, inspiration, Life, Mother, psychology, spirituality, Winter Park, Writing
Tags: author, Blogger, gratitude, healing, inspiration, journey, law of attraction, life, mindfulness, rhonda byrne, self help, thank you, thanks, the magic, the secret, willie nelson, Writing
I am reading this awe-inspiring book called ” The Magic” by Rhonda Byrnes. It from the series of books beginning with The Secret, then “The Power” and now “The Magic” regarding the Law of Attraction. There is a paragraph at start of first chapter which truly captures the essence of “The Magic”.
It reads “I am here to tell you that the magic you once believed in is true, and it’s the disillusioned adult perspective of life that is false. The magic of life is real and it’s as real as you are. In fact, life can be far more wondrous than you ever thought it was as a child, and more breathtaking, awe-inspiring, and exciting than anything you’ve seen before. When you know what to do to bring forth the magic, you will live the life of your dreams. Then, you will wonder how you ever could have given up in believing in the magic of life!”
The key discussed at the start of this book. And I say “start” because I have just begun reading this book. The key is one word: Gratitude. Yes, many of us daily give thanks for “our bread”, friends, family and say thank you to the stranger who kindly opens the door. However, the author challenges us to give an abundance of thanks with intention and regularly. There is a 28 day journey to bring forth the magic into your life by gratitude detailed in the book. The book also provides activities to increase gratitude.
So I want to say a big THANK YOU to Rhonda Byrne and the team that created this book “The Magic”. Why? Because the more I give; the more magical my life becomes. As Willie Nelson (singer-songwriter) quotes ” When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” I have been aware of gratitude and believe I am a grateful person. However, I can be doing so much more to express gratitude and give back.
I hope that this blog inspires you, the reader, to continue your journey of attracting magic to your life. Give, give, give!!!
With Appreciation,
Kimberly
07 Apr 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in ballads, blogger, career, co writing, gratitude, inspiration, lyrics, Mother, Singing, Winter Park, Writing
Tags: artist, credo coffee, florida, lyrics, Music, open mic, orlando, shop, Singer, Singing, Song, Songwriter, Tea, Writing
Hi Everyone!!!!
It’s been awhile since I have written…well not too long. I wrote blogs for sixty days. However, I promised myself that after the sixty days; I’d only post relevant information to my writing, singing and acting.
So here is the latest news. I performed at Open Mic night for Credo Coffee Shop last Monday evening in College Park, Florida. My family and friends supported me in many ways. I asked my parents to babysit and I had sisters/friends who came out to root me on. I was overcome with gratitude for their support. Below is a peak at the YouTube clips of two songs I wrote.
First song: No Home Without You (Co Written: Kimberly Beaman and Susie Foster-Trewick; Vocals by Kimberly Beaman) Copyrights 2013
http://youtu.be/HMeskmKya9Q
Second Song: Just One Tear (Lyrics and Vocals by: Kimberly Beaman) Copyrights 2010
http://youtu.be/7Ur1ItL4oVg
Looking forward to more open mic nights!! Thanks for viewing!
Kimberly
29 Mar 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in Baby, blogger, child, gratitude, inspiration, Life, lyrics, Mother, Parenting, poetry, Winter Park, Writing
Tags: baby, endless, love, mindfulness, mommy, motherhood, poem, poetry, unconditional, winter park, Writing
*This poem is dedicated to Olivia Daisy. She is my cheerful, creative, sweet, intuitive and strong-willed 18 month old baby girl. I love you cupcake.
I never knew
Just how much
You would mean to me.
How your eyes
Would touch a deep place
In my soul.
A place that I didn’t know existed.
I never knew
That when I looked at you,
The world would stand still.
That time wouldn’t matter.
That nothing mattered but you.
I never knew that I could love someone
This much.
That I would do anything for you.
Anything
I never knew that you would steal my heart
With one look
One smile
One glance
One touch
Your first word
Your first walk
Your first kiss
Your first hug
Your first goodbye
Your first hello
I never knew,
Love could be this endless.
Thank you,
Now I know.
23 Mar 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in ballads, blogger, co writing, gratitude, inspiration, lyrics, Mother, Winter Park, Writing
Tags: art, co writing, country, creativity, florida, lyrics, Music, Singing, Writing
There is something so exciting, glorious about co writing. At first the road can be bumpy because you have two people who often come from different writing styles. But the journey of writing as a team is fun. Tonight my friend and I completed the lyrics to a new song. We had never worked together before. We didn’t know what to expect but we are both very optimistic. The art of writing lyrics together is a creative art form in and of itself. It is like waves of an ocean which begin to take form and flow in unison.
Creative juices are flowing at rapid pace. I am beginning to see this life transition in full effect. I’m embracing any fears that creep up and jumping into unknown and known territory.
And with that, good night. Not much more to say. Stay tuned for our song, whose title will be released when I post the track.
Best,
Kimberly
07 Mar 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in blogger, healing, health, Life, lyrics, Winter Park, Writing
Tags: Bee Gees, Blogger, cold, fever, health, hope, lyrics, stayin alive, wellness, Writing
Day 58 wasn’t so great. Day 59, you take the cake. Not a good cake.
That is my attempt at humor while drowning in tissues with mild grade fever, sore throat, body aches etc…
So I thought, what will I post for this day? And the only thing that came to my mind was the song “Staying Alive.” I kept thinking” ha, ha, ha, ha stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive…ha ha ha”
So here are some lyrics from this song below.
Lyrics from Bee Gee’s “Staying Alive”
Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother
You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Feel the city breakin’ and everybody shakin’
And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive
Read more at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/12566/#TswT9vqUIWqtBgUg.99
I hope you fellow bloggers and fans are not suffering like I am right now. I know this too shall pass but its such a pain in the meantime.
Be Well,
Kimberly
07 Mar 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in gratitude, healing, health, Life, Writing
Tags: Blogger, breaths, Happiness, healing, health, quotes, wellness, Writing
So I thought of this great quote I wanted to post about Day 58, before Day 58 came along. The day dragged on and I began dragging along. Here is the quote below.
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.”
Then Day 58, took my breath away, literally. Why? Because I am battling a very bad cold. Cold +asthma= no fun.
So that is all I have to say about Day 58, go away…come back a happier day!
Kimberly
04 Mar 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in Acting, blogger, career, Coffee, gratitude, inspiration, Life, music, venue, Winter Park, Writing
Tags: artist, arts sake, college park, credo coffee, destiny, fate, film, inspiration, life change, mindfulness, Music, Singer, Singing, studio, sugarland, transition, winter park, Writing
Okay so I broke my own rules. I have done it before and I will do it again. Yes, bloggers and fans; instead of writing my usual daily post, I decided to write one big post about the weekend. Please forgive me! Rules were meant to be broken.
The weekend was filled with inspirational moments. I was inspired by artists this weekend. It began with the discovery of a hip coffee shop located in College Park. ”Credo Coffee Shop” online message reads, “The downtown credo reminds us to refuse the natural tendency toward floating through life “merely existing” and challenges us to pursue lives of meaning and purpose. We’re finding that the best starting place is service. As we begin to engage the city creatively finding ways to serve, we’ll enter into a cause that can support the weight of our lives. We’ll encounter more fulfillment and see more joy.”
I adore this message of service and community!!! I learned about this shop through a friend and celebrated a surprise birthday party there Saturday evening. Check this place out at http://www.downtowncredo.com/meaning/
There is an open mic the first Monday of every month. I am super excited as I want to meet other singers/songwriters and my goal is to begin singing my very own original tunes there. If you want to learn more about open mic night check out this link:
http://www.downtowncredo.com/ai1ec_event/songwriters-stage/?instance_id=1513
Performers get ten minutes to sing two original songs and impress the audience as well as the panel of judges. Three finalists are invited back to the stage at end of the evening to perform one more song. Performers are judged in 5 different categories including vocal performance, songwriting, playing ability, stage presence and audience response.
I plan to attend my first Monday viewing of amazing talent tonight!!! This weekend was filled with discovery. I signed up for a Film Class and plan to sharpen my acting skills on camera. It has always been a dream of mine to act on film. Can you tell I did a lot of dreaming this weekend?
On my drive back from dropping our daughter off to school, a song came on called “Something More” by Sugarland. This song truly spoke to my heart and soul. It describes how I feel about a life transition which has been occurring over the last year. Check out this song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp5foT32tKM
Here is my favorite verse(lyrics) in the song;
“Some believe in destiny, and some believe in fate
I believe that happiness is something we create
You best believe that I’m not gonna wait
‘Cause there’s gotta be something more”
And with that, good day and have a great week ahead,
Kimberly
28 Feb 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in Baby, blogger, gratitude, inspiration, Life, Mother, Winter Park, Writing
Tags: Blogger, blogging, chinese, fan, film, gratitude, grief, highlights, loss, Music, musical theater, orlando, park, Writing
It looks like my blogger fans are reading my posts again. Yay!!! Thanks guys! It appears that my blogs are more interesting when I write in the usual manner. For awhile, I began posting “highlights of my day”. The statistics of previous posts show a decline in views with direct correlation to the type of blog post. It appears to be more appealing to my blogger fans, when I just write, rather than analyzing and creating “highlights” for each post. I want you to know, I hear you. Perhaps there is more emotion, vulnerability and spontaneity in writing, without editing thoughts and coming up with highlights. So from here on out, it will just be the usual.
Today was another “artist date.” I had time to myself to browse through musical theater songs and to review ideas for an upcoming audition. Yet, the more I looked for traditional musical theater songs, I became increasingly agitated. I asked myself, “Why? Are you not enjoying this?” You see, I just started listening to an audiobook called “The Element”. This book on CD emphasizes how a person can find his/her passion and be in his/her element. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQrPviAAd4c. Anyways, long story, short; I had an epiphany. I don’t have to be a pro at singing musical theater and I don’t have to be passionate about theater in order to act. It seems that for a while now, well since college; I have tried to convince myself to love theater. But the simple truth is this. I would rather be on film. There is something exciting and honest about being on stage and in the moment. However, I am not feeling the bug for theater acting, at least not right now.
What else did I learn on my “artist date?” Well, I realized that I am forever passionate about singing and writing. And I enjoy commercial and film acting. Not much more to say about this right now.
At the end of the day, around 7 pm; I was filled with immense gratitude. I lead a support group for adults grieving loss of loved one(s). The stories I hear are filled with emotion and the surviving family members are resilient. After work, my husband surprised me with a picnic in the park. I love surprises and feel it was very thoughtful of him to do so. When we first met and dated, we made a tradition of eating Chinese at the beach. Since we do not live near a beach, but we do live close to a park; he thought it would be nice to have “Chinese in the park.” Chinese in the park plus two, became chinese in the park plus 3. Just imagine food flying everywhere, chopsticks soaring in the air, chasing after a baby while eating and smelling one stinky diaper. Chinese food plus three quickly became chaotic. But at the end of the night; it was laughable. I guess we will be having Chinese in the park only the two of us from now on.
Well, I am really sleepy and you are too. So go to BED!
Goodnight,
Kimberly
I was trying to convince myself to like musical theater more than I do. You see at one point, I was enrolled in a a musical theater program at Flagler College. Although I truly enjoy acting and being on stage; I didn’t feel passionate about musical theater. I am trained as a pop style vocalist not from classical training.
27 Feb 2013
by Kimberly Beaman
in blogger, child, health, Life, Winter Park, Writing
Tags: Blogger, comedy, family, kite, law of attraction, mindfulness, motivation, Writing
Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, unmotivated Tuesday. I was just saying to my hubby last night that I tend to be highly motivated, to the point that it sometimes annoys me, how motivated I am. Sometimes I just want to relax, laugh or have fun without “multi tasking”. Even when I am relaxing, I usually am still doing something.
So no wonder that today I received what I asked for. It was a very uneventful, low motivation kind of day. But we all need those days. I complained about how unmotivated I was today, but then I realized that I asked for this to happen.
However, this boring kind of day became less boring early evening. Why? Because I declared out loud; “I have to get out of this house and into the sunshine.” The day was overcast but suddenly the sun came out around 5 pm. My mom, husband, baby and I walked to the park. It was peaceful with blue skies and a few clouds over head.
We put a blanket out and Olivia cheered with joy as she tried to catch bubbles, which she called “pop pop.” We thought it might be a good idea to fly a kite. What were we thinking? There was minimal amount of wind. My mom said people walking by probably thought we were crazy since there really was no wind. We began to laugh. I decided to run so fast across the choppy, wet grass in order to make the kite fly. What was I thinking?
You see, new grass was recently added to the area we were in and it had just rained. I felt so free for a whole thirty seconds and then felt my body flying like a sad kite, who only wanted the wind. I felt the right side of my body bang the ground and I rolled many times. I landed on the left side of my body, hitting my head. For a minute, I felt like I did in soccer practice and games, after being hit by an opponent. I was out of air and in mild to moderate pain. I could have cried but my baby girl was not far behind. I didn’t want to scare her. Instead I started having a laughing fit and everyone joined in.
That’s all I have for you today. This unmotivated, boring day turned into an interesting one, thanks to my attempt to “fly a kite”.
Be Well,
Kimberly
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