Sunday morning inspiration [and randomness on the mind].
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here. Sorry to all my long distance friends I haven’t been in touch with lately, life has been a bit hectic lately and I just haven’t been feeling like being on a computer when precious downtime does come up. What’s been keeping me busy? the day job at the Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence, volunteering at Moksha Yoga, volunteering at the bike dump, hiking/camping, delving deeper into the arts community (Pecha Kucha, poetry slams, this sweet underground arts cafe that has such intimate live shows..), online travel journalism classes, just started going back to boxing, poi, camera geeking (ordered a Nikon D7000 =D ), reading, drinking tea, wandering, and dreaming… I love all that I do, but I think I’m stretching myself too thin right now. That, or maybe just the whole “day job” thing is just getting in the way of everything else. :P But yeah…I’m working on it. Gotta figure out the priorities.
You know how meeting somebody new can totally rock your world? …Maybe open your eyes a little more, challenge you, inspire you? It’s refreshing and oh so good for the soul. I met one of these wonderful spirits last night. I woke up feeling pretty damn good this morning, optimistic and ready to take on the day. Life is good.
On the opposite end of the spectrum: I’ve seen a lot of drama lately. Notsomuch directly in my own life, but in the lives of my friends around me. I’m empathetic but feel helpless at being able to help sometimes. Such drama is so unneeded but yet it seems most people carry the burden around without even realizing there’s an option to let go and move on. I really hate seeing it drag friends, not to mention the people around them, down…
In my ongoing search for a career that fits I’ve been drawing on the inspiration of Mr. Jobs. I wish he was the speaker at my graduation - Gary Doer just didn’t inspire. Anyways, my friend Randi randomly sent it to me this week again and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I had been struggling with finding the purpose in my day job because I don’t think that simply working for the sake of working is no way to live. I’ve seen this speech several times and every time a different piece of wisdom jumps out at me. This is what jumped out at me this time around:
If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.
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I look in the mirror every morning and ask myself:
“If today were the last day of my life would I want to do what I’m about to do today?”
And whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row I know I need to change something.
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Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life…Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you want to become. Everything else is secondary.
( http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html )
In other (completely different) news, today is finally shave day! All bets are in and it DOES look like I can grow a thicker beard in a month than Dylan can in a year. I’m not sure if I should be proud of that…but it is what it is! :P Gah, why I agreed to this sick experiment is beyond me. I imagine that shaving is going to feel much like the day I cut off my dreads, pretty much bliss. You know who to talk to about winnings!
A random post…but my mind is quite random at the moment and I thought it was due. Time to go wander the Seine River with Karen, a couple cameras, and maybe a couple musical instruments. Goal of the day: finish off the roll of film that’s been in my camera since Morden Corn & Apple Fest! (And to not overeat at the Thanksgiving potluck after!)
Peace and love.
