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Work and Creating

Work and Creating

“So if the work you are creating demands completion before you can find fulfillment, it’s doubtful the creation will be finished, and perhaps more doubtful it will be any good when it’s done. You’ll labor through it, pushing it up a hill like a broken cart. But if you can love the actual work, not the finished product, you’re onto something. If you have a rhythm, if you get up every morning and work for a few hours, and you like the getting up and the work, and you don’t think about how great it will be when it’s done, but rather how great it is every day that you get up and do the work, your creation will be tremendous. Don’t think about the finished product. Stop rewarding yourself with something that doesn’t exist. Instead, think about how delightful it is you get to do this, you get to make this, and how delightful it will be to get up and do it again.”
Donald Miller

Open Hands

credits

"you cannot hold onto anything that wants to go. Do you understand what I'm sayin'? You just got to love it while you got it, and that's that." (Gloria Dump from Because of Winn Dixie)

For the easily distracted

Essential

"All that we can know about those we have loved and lost," Thornton Wilder wrote, "is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute is not grief but gratitude."

(picture by: Cari Ann Wayman)

8 reasons why I am real excited about spring

1. Wildflowers are everywhere- which means my house will soon be filled with them.
2. I can eat breakfast on the porch.
3. I can walk around barefoot
4. YAY FOR RIDING BIKES
5. My utility bill will decrease by about 70%
6. Fresh Produce!!
7. Farmers Market
8. I can wear skirts every day

Letters

Dear Spring,
   Would you mind showing your face and sticking around for awhile? I really miss you and your inconsistancy doesn't do anything to help a girl out.

Dear Rhythm and Blooms Organizer,
   Could you please email Kate back so that I can get a volunteer pass and listen to great music for free?

Dear Bank Account,
    Could you please miraculously birth $8,000 so that I can keep working after May.

Dear Construction Workers outside my window,
     Would it be alright for you all to only use the jack hammer after 9am? I know you have tons of work to do but my brain would really appreciate it.

Dear Knoxville,
    Thank you so much for being so unique and inviting. I can't believe we have been friends and neighbors for 4.5 years now. This is the longest lasting relationship I've ever had. I'm glad we were able to work through our conflicts that first year and a half. I'm sorry I misjudged you in the beginning.

Dear United Health Insurance Webteam,
    Could you please make your website easier to use? I can't figure out which dentists in town accept your services and it's time to get a teeth check up.

Dear Prudence,
    I'm sorry I couldn't let you out during my lunch break yesterday. I'm sorry that Joe locks you in your cage all day long- I know he wants so badly to be a stay at home dad but duty calls. Hopefully he makes it up to you on the weekends.

Dear House that I will live in next year,
     I would really love to meet you. Can you please be inexpensive and really really cute. I look forward to many hours, days and nights spent together. Could you also please be located in Old North or Parkridge? That would be really convenient.