Interest and Art

You've got to be interested in something if you're going to be an artist.

Life is intensely interesting and you will only reflect that if you're interested in life.

So don't be bored. Find interest in everything. You will be amazed at what life turns into!

JUST AMAZED!

Suffering and Living towards the Goal

Where are you going in your life? Ask yourself that question. What is the size of your goal? Are you hungry enough? Are you excited at the idea of your success or just bored... or even apathetic? Well, I wanted to let you in on something.

LIFE IS NOT, AND NEVER WILL BE, THE SAME ALL THE TIME!

 

Don't fool yourself. Ask any professional in any field and you will find that NOONE was handed a pass to success, it was EARNED by hard work and dedication. And through the course of their accomplishment they had to overcome intense obstacles. As they overcame each obstacle their strength grew to a point where they were almost unstoppable.

What is life? It's deep love, it's intense fear, it's sanity, it's insanity and everything in between. It's going along a course towards something, some goal. Maybe you don't know where you're going or maybe you do. The point is that it's not going to be the same every day. Life, if you try to structure and control everything down to the last detail, if you try to make your days comfortable and peaceful at all times, will not be what you want it to be.

What is a great life? It can be many different things for different people. But one rule that I have found, used, disobeyed, and come to trust is that to live you have to be willing to experience highs and lows. You have to handle any allergy to pain or suffering that you might have and agree to rush into life, and damn the consequences! If you don't try you fail automatically anyway. 

You're here and your goal is there... well there are going to be obstacles and hard times and there are going to be freedoms and sweet victories. Don't fall into the belief that you can achieve great things without a little bit of suffering. 

Make a goal. Believe in the goal. Through all your actions, including taking necessary time off, move towards the goal. Ride over the obstacles. Keep your eye on the end product. 

Obstacles are only as strong as you make them. Put 99.9% of your attention on the goal, and with the remaining .01% push aside opposition gently. Don't kill yourself by focusing on what's wrong.

Experience it all, take it as an adventure and achieve something so big it makes your heart thump.

Till next time,

Will