On Saturday night, my friend Heidi Johnson asked me if I would be willing to go with her over to her friend's house to see if we could help get her labor started. She was two weeks over due and if she hadn't given birth by Tuesday morning, the doctors were either going to induce her or go straight for a C-section. Sunday day I was busy most of the day at the Moon Lodge Spa in Issaquah where I've been doing some consulting work. I told Heidi that I'd come by and get her when I got off work, and we could go over to her friend's house together.
For a long time now, I've had a category on my website for "Spirit" that I've barely used at all. It's just sitting there, waiting to be called up. The problem is, every time I think of writing something in this category, I think to myself, "Is that appropriate for a professional website?" Thing is, this is the place I send people who are considering hiring me as a writer, a programmer, an educational consultant or an instructor.
Life is too short not to do what you love. That doesn't mean that what you love necessarily has to be what you do for a living, or that you have to do what you love 24/7. It doesn't even mean that you should never do what you hate. Even the things you love most in your life are going to include some component in them that you don't like to do. What it does mean is that you should make a commitment to yourself to do the things you love on a regular basis.
I have been thinking about the ways in which life is art. How you live your life, the way that you shape your days, what you choose to do with your time, is all part of a tapestry. Parts of your life become stories, myths or even legends. Some of your life may be strikingly poetic. Single moments may be paintings in the eye of memory. And then there are the physical artifacts that you create or change: your home, the food you cook, maybe even literal paintings you draw or films you create.
Starting August 13, 2011 I will be writing and posting 21 brand new stories. If you would like to support this project and get an ebook of the completed anthology, please donate any amount using the button below. Thank you!
