I was just awakened by Neil Gaiman. He is a writer and speaker that I am coming
to admire more and more. Here is what
disturbed my mind.
“You get
what anybody gets
– you get a lifetime.”
~Neil
Gaiman
It boils down to the concept of “living
between the dashes”. The dashes are
referred to when someone says this: “He
was born on May 1, 1980 and died September 15, 2012. The period between birth and death are the
dashes.
How we occupy this space on earth
matters. And the playing field is level
in that we all get one chance at life to do the significant thing.
My significant thing is to sit at a
computer and look at a blinking icon until an idea strikes. Once it does I begin filling the screen with
words, phrases, sentences, thoughts, ideas.
Sometimes I hit a homerun, and my words seem to resonate with
others. Other times, they get
ignored. And I write some more.
What matters is that I discover what I am
good at for this time on earth. I have
had several divergent career tracts. Psychologist and sociologists tell us that
today it will be normal for the average person to have multiple careers. I’m just ahead of that curve for that trend.
What is your significant thing?
Where do your daydreams take you?
Sooner or later, I really hope you find
and pursue your “thing”. I really hope
you find your niche, your peg and your “passion” and do that one thing.
I have no rules to offer, no list of ten
things to do to find your “one thing”, or a best-seller on where to buy a kit
to jump-start your “one thing”.
All I know for sure … it is inside of you
somewhere.
Dig it out.
Brush it off.
Ignore the Negative Nancy’s.
Do that “thing”.
“You get
what anybody gets – you get a lifetime.”
Thought I was through, but this just came
to me.
Don’t die with your music still inside of you.
Okay, I’m through.
P Michael
Biggs
Offering
Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word
at a Time
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