everywhere at once
<I originally posted this in April 2010>
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“Fortune passes everywhere.”
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Frank Herbert
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Ok.
This illustration on the right is from a site called secretvespers.com. He does some seriously cool illustrations.
That said. As soon as I saw this one I started smiling.
Whenever anyone has ever asked me ‘what is the one thing you want to do if you could only do one thing?’ … I have always answered with about 6 things.
I honestly want to do and be everywhere.
And it works for me.
Yeah.
Drives some people crazy.
Life is funny this way.
Some people need to have a focal point and aim for it. They want to be on top of the world and dammit they are going straight there.
Me?
My world is round so I am happy to aim for the top because that means I can be anywhere and be happy.
Hey. Whatever works for you is what I say.
I guess my point is that I am always amazed when someone can say one thing will make them happy. My gut tells me that most of us would be happy if we had one of a dozen things. Or two of the dozen. Or any combination of things in that dozen if we are fortunate to get more than one.
To me it insures I am never a creature of the commonplace.
I know. I know.
Some people’s DNA doesn’t work that way. They have to choose a star and aim for it. And, in general, the world & society & business encourages you to focus on one star and do your damndest to get to that star.
Not me.
To me the sky is full of stars and I am happy with any of them. Actually as many as I can catch if it be true.
Anyway.
I saw the truth in “being everywhere” in myself. And I am comfortable in this skin <albeit it isn’t the best career advice to give anyone>.
On a separate note.
I believe a lot of young people would like to answer this way when some old person says to them “where do you want to be in 10 years?”
Why do I say that?
I always remember my own dad bugging me about “what is it you want to do with your life?” and me <being the ever so mature kid … then tween .. then young adult … yeah … this discussion lasted that long> and going ballistic thinking it was the stupidest question I had ever heard even then.
I wanted to do everything with my Life.
I just find everything interesting.
Anyway.
Where do I want to be 10 years from now?
Even today I will answer it the same way I did 10 years ago.
Everywhere.
All at once.
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