It would be fun to go back and see what my world was like at 6…

ZS… it’s messing with my Type A personality too. ;-)

But then again, there are some things that need to be challenged. 6 was a wonderful age… I think I completed my first comic book at age 6. And it was a flip book at that. “Superfool”… the super hero that was, well, a fool (hey, I was 6… I wasn’t getting too deep…). There was no destination in doing it though – not at 6. It was just something I loved to do, and I did it.

I feel like that about cooking now. Although I do love the destination (wafting scents of basil and mozz, and prosciutto, or a nice risotto… ok, I’m getting hungry now), I enjoy every slice, every dice, every whisk, every saute’… it’s all so much fun, regardless of the destination…

And yet, I sit here, at my desk, thinking of all the destinations I have to arrive at: completed reports, new code, answers to customers, yada yada… Where’s the fun? where are my colored pencils?…

I guess the lesson for me is to find more cliffs with nets that appear, and jumping with wild abandon. Maybe those are the voices of Rodney and Rebeka (people in the novel) calling me back to the process, and not the destination. I think I’m finding my inspiration again…

Thanks for the challenge Red. Mind mapping, soul mapping, dinner creating, or having conversations with people that you have yet to introduce to the world, this is really the stuff of this life.

Now, on to haikus…. :-)

The mind is more open and willing to receive.

So, I am thinking, if you don’t have an expectation of how it is going to come out you are more in the “beginners mind” set. You are open to what will come, you are in “the-now”.

Strange how your post is connected (at least in my mind) to the telecourses we just had! Wow!

The call is not yet posted (and I didn’t want to push it hear on you blog), but if you are interested, let me know. (I will get you “Nia-ing” yet!)

Estrella, I’m so glad you did! I love to read about the new things you try.

Bobby, You rocked this subject, boyfriend! I’d suggest you blog, but I’d rather keep you here.

And yeah. Where’s Tim? =)

Allowing a sense of risk that you might be wrong in something only impedes a result. I get that if you are calculating oxygen usage for the next Space Shuttle mission you are best to get that right! Obvious risk in screwing that one up (back to the 2+2 thing). But there is a lot to be said for the manner in which a child dances alone in a park or an artist sits and allows creativity to just be. No sense of, and no real risk of, being wrong in that moment.

You mentioned instant gratification in a response above. I would think that would come quicker and more often, for anyone, in many situations, if the risk of being wrong or out of place was released from the thought process.

Then again, what do I know. I am writing this from that Special Room I commented on yesterday! (by the way, where’s Tim?? — no matter, I will just have a another conversation with him like my note yesterday!)

I wish you lots of luck!

Welcome j, glad to see you here; glad to see you found your way here a lot sooner than I did.

So, come-on-let’s-go!

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Linda, Ha! I can picture it. “Seriously, Linda, when the destination is dinner, it is NOT all about the journey. Let’s go!”

Maybe focusing more on the ride will cure my tendency to think that instant gratification takes too long.