Can you hear it? That still small voice. The gnawing desire to be. Your heart yearning.
“The desire to play music is the power which can play music seeking expression and development; the desire to invent mechanical devices is the mechanical talent seeking expression and development.” Wallace D. Wattles
In 2007 I wrote in my journal; “The desire to write is the power which can write seeking expression and development.” In 2009 I made another entry expressing my excitement in finally understanding these words. Now the words of Abraham Maslow ring louder for me; “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”
What are you being?
by Roy H. Williams and am truly amazed how much has changed since the first reading. Roy writes in Paul’s Adopted Son; “Paul Compton is the kindest and best man I’ve ever known. Paul understands the difference between “doing” and “being,” so he never once asked, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” Paul felt he knew who I was going to be, and for Paul, that was enough.” Kinda wish I understood that last year when I first read it. Grow and learn. See how this fits with the earlier post 