Sometimes things happen that just can't be coincidence. This week, several of those happened. One was reading this chapter in the exact moment that I needed it.In the chapter on play, Beck first asks us to consider what your real career is. She says that once you know this, you can keep adding more and more play in your life. Considering I've spent the past three weeks or so utterly freaking out about finding a career/passion/calling and putting it into practice, this was much needed. Beck talks about September 11th and asks what you did that night--or any other major crisis during which there was clearly a before and an after for you. For me, that's been reading and writing, as well as doing yoga.
She asks: When life is over, how do you want the world to be different-in large ways or small-because you have lived? What experiences must you have to feel you've lived a completely satisfying life?
To be honest, I haven't gotten through much of the rest of the chapter because I've been writing, writing, writing on just those two questions alone. They are so simple and yet they seem to have opened the flood gates for me. I can't wait to see where they will take me.
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