I love this so much--because she is secretly me :). I've had the veneer of high education (pursued for the love of water) to leverage the conventional just enough to make all my other crazy pursuits possible--writing, painting, adventuring, world travel for months at a time. Many people have been challenged by my choices--thinking I'm weird or crazy--but I've long chosen love over fear and my heart and soul are full. Thank you for sharing your path. ❤️
I am setting the intention of that happening for you. In my opinion, the fact that people may think you are a bit cuckoo is a sign that you’re on the right track.
Bookstore clerk, pizza server, coffee shop regular, reader. Nothing screams UNCONVENTIONAL! UNCOMPROMISING! Pretentiously wise! I may be passing by half a dozen sages on my daily walks, unaware. It is good you found one.
I live in a ski town where it is a visitor's great mistake to make any assumption about anyone. Your wait staff might be writing the next great screenplay, the barista is an amazing painter. Decades ago, when I first moved here, a friend opened a restaurant and needed help. I raised my hand, thinking: I did this in college. I had several eye-opening experiences, one of which was with a man who was clearly a tourist (dressed like a Wall Street guy) who dismissively nodded at me to "get him a beer", "get his check", etc. I just observed him and understood If he saw my resume we'd be having entirely different conversation. It made me sad for him and sad for the people who, by necessity, work service jobs. There is beauty and talent everywhere.
I so wish I could have been her at an early time in my life, What a beautiful story. I was raised by Depression and Poverty minded good parents, but the mindset they had was strictly conservative and without imagination for what life could be. I think that is what hard times do to a person. I love this story, as I have now found very late in life a proper balance with infinite horizons even at this late stage.
“she knew what she didn’t want.” well said. i find that the question that is so often posed, “what do you want?” is dissatisfying. it is far easier to know what i don’t want, what goes against myself and my nature as i feel it. knowing what i don’t want means knowing my limits and boundaries. i can maintain an open mind until whatever i’m engaged in reaches a level that i cannot bear.
Beautiful. I came to the same realizations later in life, I was 46 before I truly let go of all expectations on me and did what I damn well pleased. No looking back.
I love this so much--because she is secretly me :). I've had the veneer of high education (pursued for the love of water) to leverage the conventional just enough to make all my other crazy pursuits possible--writing, painting, adventuring, world travel for months at a time. Many people have been challenged by my choices--thinking I'm weird or crazy--but I've long chosen love over fear and my heart and soul are full. Thank you for sharing your path. ❤️
I am setting the intention of that happening for you. In my opinion, the fact that people may think you are a bit cuckoo is a sign that you’re on the right track.
Bookstore clerk, pizza server, coffee shop regular, reader. Nothing screams UNCONVENTIONAL! UNCOMPROMISING! Pretentiously wise! I may be passing by half a dozen sages on my daily walks, unaware. It is good you found one.
I live in a ski town where it is a visitor's great mistake to make any assumption about anyone. Your wait staff might be writing the next great screenplay, the barista is an amazing painter. Decades ago, when I first moved here, a friend opened a restaurant and needed help. I raised my hand, thinking: I did this in college. I had several eye-opening experiences, one of which was with a man who was clearly a tourist (dressed like a Wall Street guy) who dismissively nodded at me to "get him a beer", "get his check", etc. I just observed him and understood If he saw my resume we'd be having entirely different conversation. It made me sad for him and sad for the people who, by necessity, work service jobs. There is beauty and talent everywhere.
I so wish I could have been her at an early time in my life, What a beautiful story. I was raised by Depression and Poverty minded good parents, but the mindset they had was strictly conservative and without imagination for what life could be. I think that is what hard times do to a person. I love this story, as I have now found very late in life a proper balance with infinite horizons even at this late stage.
“she knew what she didn’t want.” well said. i find that the question that is so often posed, “what do you want?” is dissatisfying. it is far easier to know what i don’t want, what goes against myself and my nature as i feel it. knowing what i don’t want means knowing my limits and boundaries. i can maintain an open mind until whatever i’m engaged in reaches a level that i cannot bear.
Thank you, Diamond-Michael Scott, for keenly describing the difference between doing and being.
Beautiful. I came to the same realizations later in life, I was 46 before I truly let go of all expectations on me and did what I damn well pleased. No looking back.
All it takes is one person along the way to make a difference in another's life. 💛