We just returned from a brief weekend visit with family ... Not sure if anyone else experiences this, but road trips always make me feel a bit contemplative. Maybe it's the change of scenery that sparks new thought, or the somewhat meditative motion of wheels on pavement. Who knows. But shortly after we got home, I stumbled across this quote on Tumblr, and for some reason it was just what I needed to hear:
"Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential-as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth. You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them."
Speaking of words I needed to hear, I had a similar experience when reading a post by the Communicatrix earlier this week: It's not just you. There is no "done." The soft things may be the most necessary.
Have you happened upon any sage advice lately?
