Priorities in Life?.
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Priorities in Life . . .
A friend just called me said he's looking at taking a film documentary class in Maine this summer. He's older, (well older than me) and doesn?t have much computer experience, hasn't held a video camera before and really knows this will be a huge stretch in the learning curve and financially. He's at that stage of weighing the options and reaching out to friends for advice and input.
The last friend he spoke with highly recommended he put the money in the kitchen cabinets that are rather holey in places. ?Wouldn't spending the money on your home improvements be much more ?valuable? than a month-long class??
So here I was ? asked for my feedback and yet I know he knew the answer before he even placed the call. This visceral need to do something unique and important is in his heart and he must follow it. In fact, I'm honored he shared the story because it's a reminder to me as well.
Years ago, I distinctly remember looking around at my Goodwill furnishings thinking how nice it would be to sit on a chair that didn?t have matted down cushions. Or maybe it was that advertisement on TV that told me that my home would look so much nicer if?. But, then I asked myself about that trip to New Zealand? It didn't take long to decide, and for the month of November that year I explored the two islands and hiked to my heart and mental health's content. No regrets!
I have found, as I get older, that fewer adventures are presented to me and yet I'd like to say I'm pretty confident which I'd choose. It takes guts to quit your routine. To choose a life that may not fit into what others consider a ?good? investment of time and/or money and yet what would happen to my inner voice if I didn't?
Will I put myself in harms way? I sure hope not. But I have to say each time I choose for growth, I find myself rewarded. I meet others who have chosen this path as well. I like being surrounded by this group ? it makes me feel more at home.
I keep this quote by Harold Thurman Whitman posted up where I can see it daily?.
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
A friend just called me said he's looking at taking a film documentary class in Maine this summer. He's older, (well older than me) and doesn?t have much computer experience, hasn't held a video camera before and really knows this will be a huge stretch in the learning curve and financially. He's at that stage of weighing the options and reaching out to friends for advice and input.
The last friend he spoke with highly recommended he put the money in the kitchen cabinets that are rather holey in places. ?Wouldn't spending the money on your home improvements be much more ?valuable? than a month-long class??
So here I was ? asked for my feedback and yet I know he knew the answer before he even placed the call. This visceral need to do something unique and important is in his heart and he must follow it. In fact, I'm honored he shared the story because it's a reminder to me as well.
Years ago, I distinctly remember looking around at my Goodwill furnishings thinking how nice it would be to sit on a chair that didn?t have matted down cushions. Or maybe it was that advertisement on TV that told me that my home would look so much nicer if?. But, then I asked myself about that trip to New Zealand? It didn't take long to decide, and for the month of November that year I explored the two islands and hiked to my heart and mental health's content. No regrets!
I have found, as I get older, that fewer adventures are presented to me and yet I'd like to say I'm pretty confident which I'd choose. It takes guts to quit your routine. To choose a life that may not fit into what others consider a ?good? investment of time and/or money and yet what would happen to my inner voice if I didn't?
Will I put myself in harms way? I sure hope not. But I have to say each time I choose for growth, I find myself rewarded. I meet others who have chosen this path as well. I like being surrounded by this group ? it makes me feel more at home.
I keep this quote by Harold Thurman Whitman posted up where I can see it daily?.
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
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