e-volved living

We watched Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Journey last night.  His knowledge is deep and vast so I can’t say I grasped everything.  He studied the mythologies of human experience and their commonalities and distinctions.  One of his points was that if you follow your passion, things will fall into place and life will support you.  That is another oft repeated slice of life guidance, with so many powerful examples to support its validity.

One that comes to mind is the story of Farmer John.  His passion is to work the earth and grow food to nourish others.  He is also passionate about creating characters and telling stories, and it has not been an easy journey for him to blend them and be successful at both.  What a great story, though, because he refused to (and the universe refused to let him) sacrifice what really mattered, and things did, gradually and with multiple setbacks, fall into place.  Holding true to that passion does not mean not compromising. What made it possible for him, beyond the commitment, was the willingness to use the challenges as opportunities to question, and learn.  We are just part of the whole so it makes sense that, in collaboration with life, our vision should accommodate and incorporate and evolve and change.

In thinking about all of this, I realized the importance of stating my own passions (another good slice of life guidance.)  So, recognizing that this will evolve, here they are:

• To tell stories, sharing what I am observing in life in an entertaining, and informative, way
• To renovate properties, giving new life to them through good design and healthy materials, and creating nurturing spaces for people, and creatures, to inhabit
• To support the many efforts to protect and nourish the creatures and life of this planet

I see my life as a hunk of rough stone and I am the sculptor, chipping away at it day, by day, working to reveal the shape within and hopefully create something beautiful to be enjoyed by myself, and others it may touch.