I want to talk a little serious, so let’s get right down to it.
I know what you’re thinking. Adam, no time for Star Wars metaphors? Really?
No comic book quips?
No Harry Potter segues?
Nope.
Well, maybe later…
What is so serious that I don’t want to divert your attention with hippogriffs or a joke about how two lesbians and a midget walk into a bar?
It’s what I consider a truth.
It’s something a lot of people can’t wrap their brain around. But you don’t have to believe it. It’s like gravity. You don’t have to understand or accept the Law of Gravity to apply it every day.
This truth is applied to our lives. Our work. Our callings. The change we seek to make in the world and how to move forward. What I’m talking about is this…
Our work is NEVER done. YOU are never done. No matter how hard you plan or try to prepare for it.
Sorry Virgos.
You may choose what your work is, but how you get to do that work is often a mystery. You should not only embrace this but you should enjoy the journey along the way.
For example, I was called back to being an artist.
I was miserable at that insurance company at that time! I knew I could figure out a way to replace my corporate income freelancing again. And guess what? When I got hooked up with Marvel it was like Christmas being an artist again.
Then I got a different calling.
I wanted to draw live caricatures. At first it was a side-hustle and then I thought, I could do this and do it bigly.
But how? I had no idea.
If you think leaving a well funded big ass insurance company was tough. Now imagine how leaving one of the biggest comic book producers in the world to start a new business felt?
I struggled like crazy at first but I got it to work. And it allowed me to apply my skills and intentions in a bigger way.
Abraham Hicks says over and over again, “You can’t get it wrong and you will never get it done.”
Write that on a 3×5 card and stick it on your fridge so you you can see it everyday. You can’t get it wrong and you never get it done.
That’s why it’s so important to focus on becoming who you want to be and doing what you are passionate about. Do it with grace and satisfaction and leave the mystery of how you get there to something outside of you.
Albert Einstein said, “I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life”. If that worked for Einstein it’s fair to say that maybe it can work for us too.
Adam