So I napped for a few hours in the afternoon and now it's midnight and I can't sleep. Along with a cup of chamomile, I thought that maybe putting some thoughts down might help me relax.
There are moments which reach out and grab us - whether it's a song, movie, or something more. Something that stops you in your tracks and you simply must know what it is that's reached out and touched your inner core.
My most recent inspiration was the I-pad commercial. It's been with me - inspiring and motivating me every day since. The audio is of Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society, introducing the importance of poetry in human life. In the movie, he quotes the following section from Whitman's Leaves of Grass:
Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (For who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew'd,
Of the poor results of all, all of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O Me! so sad, recurring - What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here-that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
For just a moment, savor that line. Close your eyes and see it, feel it . . . .
That the powerful play goes on and you will contribute a verse.
That single line reminds me of the importance of understanding who I am To not only appreciate my uniqueness, but to also never stop learning and growing; and that by doing so, I'm fulfilling my God-given purpose in life . . .
To be myself.
Such a simple concept, complicated by so many . . .
Salt and Light have no mouth, yet they speak volumes. They utter no sounds but effect change wherever they are present.
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.
What will your verse be?
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