Before I left for the Anderson Center, a client of mine, Jean, stopped into work to wish me well. Our conversation has stuck close to the front lobes of my brain during this experience, and as I ebb and flow from creating to thinking of my future in creating, I reflect on her words.
She has a calm sensibility, and intellectually Buddhist understanding of life. As I confided in her my fears of leaving a corporate life for one of a month immersed in writing, she reminded me that the Buddhists live here and now.
"We resist where we are, T.J.," she said, "which prevents us from getting where we're going. The Universe knows where we're going, we just have to trust it, and once you let go, it's really easy to move on."
But I still do worry, and much of my day is spent in the thoughts and questions needing to be answered regarding where I want to take my life after this experience. I love working in the corporate world, I love what I do there and I'm good at it. But I also long to write (and yes, sometimes to paint). I am an executive, I want to be an artist.
I've yet to decide what road I'll take when I return to Minneapolis and my old life there, but I think a lot about Jean, and her support of me as a fellow person, "What you think and what you feel does matter; you're here for a reason, you move on for a reason, so, move on."
Write on, shine on, (move on),
Thomas.
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