Diversity Rules Magazine

5 Diversity Rules Magazine March 2020 that cycle, you either forgive them or you try to make your own future with the people that are important to you, be er, stronger, happier, and you probably will make mistakes as well, but make sure to remember those painful moments and those challenges you endure, whether you were a child or a grown-up, and try not to repeat them, as every- thing happens for reason, it's a teachable moment, just learn to forgive, it's much easier to love than hate. JRK: While we can never change what was in terms of our interac on with difficult loved ones, there is always a sense of regret and loss. What advice can you give to those in this situa on where the loved ones are gone, and regret is ea ng away at one's soul for not trying to change the course of the rela onship? PM: Though we can never change the interac on with loved ones whom we lost that we had chal- lenges with, we can change the ac on that we take as a result of that, to learn from it and paid forward in a posi ve way and cherish the ones that we do have around, so they can pass it forward and cre- ate a be er life for their off Springs and their sur- roundings. Of course, the idea of losing somebody who you didn't have closure with may seem pain- ful. What great is to take that energy and focus it towards something posi ve that may seem com- pletely different then what you have an cipated in regards to what have you lost and create something so powerful, once you grasp on that ideology, you will keep alive and in some aspects and it will feel like a closure as you paid it forward. Believe!! JRK: While growing up in Israel in a conserva ve family environment, your musical interests were berated and frowned upon. How did you deal with that and forge ahead to overcome that non- acceptance of what mo vated your soul and em- powered you? PM: I did grow up in a family where any art form as a real job was not encouraged, though I was sent to school at the age of 6, to learn to play the flute and I did receive a tape recorder with a microphone from my dad for my 4th birthday. As a teenager, I would always get asked what I wanted to when I grow up? and I always replied, a songwriter, musician, and a singer, that was always followed by ques on, "OK but what do you wanna do for a living for a job" I never understood that I always compare it to a bird that is asked not to fly today, it's just impossible, even if I don't do it profes- sionally, I have notebooks and scrap paper and unfinished songs and lyrics. I dreamed in melodies, I see things in lyrics, I like to construct things visu- ally and musically in colors, as I smell things some mes I can hear the melody. I just can't fix or escape it, I feel like this is in my DNA, and I can't deny it. I just have to do it, and I cannot stop. Every day I need to cre- ate and the reward isn't mon- etary, the journey itself is. And as I work while I'm walking this path with no end in sight. At this point in my life, I really do not look for acceptance, I just do what I do be- cause I need to release my thoughts, and if anyone else likes it, it's just a bonus.. JRK: What sugges ons do you have for those strug- gling with the same experience in order to empow- er themselves to succeed and become that which they envision themselves to be and achieve? PM: I think that whatever you struggle is, in order to succeed, you need to understand what does suc- cess means to you, where are you in your life that you can say I'm doing it for the right reasons, and what are the right reasons to YOU, to do whatever you want to do and why is it that you're envisioning yourself that you're trying to achieve, would it truly make you happy? If you really understand these things, then anything that you can do will be great, because it's truly about the journey, in any kind of crea ve format. Profes- sionally or not, the path that you're taking, that you need to feel the drive and the willingness will lead you there, to do it with no breaks and without the worries that someone may not like, I truly believe that this is success! Project Moses - Con't on page 16

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