[Here’s the 2nd post of the day…]
I remember once as a kid we took a trip to California. I had a wonderful time and when I boarded the plane back home to Alaska, I remember staring out the window and crying because I didn’t want to leave. I didn’t want that feeling to end.
There’s nothing uncommon about loving a vacation while not being so fond of the daily grind. But what about when you get a feeling that moves you so deeply, so truly, that you can’t let it go? You refuse to go back and settle for your normal life?
Usually we do settle. We go back and we plug ourselves back into the same old distractions and unproductive habits. We do it because it’s easy and comfortable and masks the painful truth that we’re not really happy, or living our lives to the utmost potential.
We also settle because we have to. We go home because that’s where we live, where we’ve investing our lives’ energy and planted our roots. Our kids have their school and friends. We know our neighbors. We have our jobs.
There is nothing wrong with this, of course. Most people will ask why I question my blessings. But I don’t see it that way. I just see a more meaningful purpose for me other than the struggle and stagnation I live.
Money is Necessary
Ugh, money. It’s tough for me to go out and make it, but once I figure that out, watch out.
Without money people like me are powerless. I’m not totally educated and not well connected and I live in relative isolation in a small town on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Right now nobody respects or listens to me. With money—and not necessarily a fortune—I can do the things I see fit, take care of my family and earn myself a voice from which people might listen to me.
Until then, I remain mostly silent, working quietly behind the scenes on my ideas and their hopeful realization.