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I discovered my passion for art and design after age 40. That passion was there all along, though. Becoming an artist wasn't some odd, mid-life reinvention of myself. It wasn't a choice I made to offset midlife boredom. It wasn't a career move, that is for sure. It was part of a healing process for me, certainly, but really it was more a...becoming. A becoming who I already was.
I have found my life's work. And my hair is on fire, to help you find yours.
Please pardon the smell. Burning hair - fueled by Pantene hairspray. So sorry.
A hard post to write, this one is. Because every single person visiting me today comes from a wildly different background. I have had surgeons read my blog, home makers, business owners, pastor's wives, artists, and the occasional weirdo. Some of you have already found your life's work, and you know it.
But, if you will allow me to say it, there is always more.
More to see, more to experience, more than you've known up to this point, more than you've imagined.
More work. Harder work.
And so worth it.
No matter what season of life you are in, you must tenaciously cultivate a "more mentality". Because you weren't put on this earth to survive, you were strategically placed right where you are to thrive. Without a "more mentality" we tend to make flabby decisions. We split the difference with our most attainable dream, not even quite dreaming it fully.
We sell ourselves so short.
I want you to really think about what you are doing right now, and discern: do you love it? Is it your life's work, your vocation, your craft, your calling, your crack?
If your answer is "yes" then I don't care what it is - be it home maker, home educating mom (been there, done that, got four T-shirts and 4 graduation caps), nurse, missionary, or multi-level marketer - if you have found your proverbial sweet spot, you are in the right spot.
Now, earnestly desire yet MORE.
If you look deep within, and see that what you are doing doesn't yet feel right....like, "Dude, this isn't my crack."...then I encourage you - not to quit - but to begin a long, slow process of ...
...becoming. You are still becoming. But you will never become until you are honest with yourself and the world and come right out and say, "This isn't it. But I won't stop until I find what I was put on earth to do."
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