I walk around these days in a daze of gratitude and amazement at where my life has taken me in the past few months. To find out that I actually love what I do, now that I do it for myself, and on my own terms, has been the greatest gift. Slowly, but surely, my business is growing, and I've had the time and space I've needed to really articulate my vision for where I'm going in life. And time to be an artist, time to be a friend...it's too good to be true, really.
But it is true, and that's what's been so hard to wrap my head around. I think I'm a naturally pessimistic person, inclined to believe that good things are fleeting. And this is wrong. This is the wrong way to look at the world. And so I wake up every day focused on enjoying the day, on working hard, but not forgetting to be grateful for enjoying where I am and where I'm going. I find that I live more in the present than I ever have, maybe out of that sense of fear that it's all going to go away, or maybe because I've learned that today is really all we ever have.
A few months ago I found the John Burroughs quote, "Jump, and the net will appear." I must say it to myself at least four times a day. It gives me comfort, and it energizes me. And it makes me feel so grateful every time I do jump.
It's true, good things happen. And the net does appear. And that's what I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving - I'm thankful for the net the universe continues to put under me with every leap of faith I take.
But it is true, and that's what's been so hard to wrap my head around. I think I'm a naturally pessimistic person, inclined to believe that good things are fleeting. And this is wrong. This is the wrong way to look at the world. And so I wake up every day focused on enjoying the day, on working hard, but not forgetting to be grateful for enjoying where I am and where I'm going. I find that I live more in the present than I ever have, maybe out of that sense of fear that it's all going to go away, or maybe because I've learned that today is really all we ever have.
A few months ago I found the John Burroughs quote, "Jump, and the net will appear." I must say it to myself at least four times a day. It gives me comfort, and it energizes me. And it makes me feel so grateful every time I do jump.
It's true, good things happen. And the net does appear. And that's what I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving - I'm thankful for the net the universe continues to put under me with every leap of faith I take.