Create For Yourself

I started wandering through my computer and find this line written on a document I was writing, according to the document title, it was for a book:

"...Have an intense passion for what you create; an intense ambition to meet the challenges of your creations; an intense enthusiasm to create... and soon the inspiration will overfill your cup."

I haven't written in awhile, blog post, poetry, or just write to write. I enjoyed just putting words on a page and rearranging, erasing, and rewording until the eraser was almost gone and my hand grey from all the lead (yes I'm old school and love a good notebook). Even photography, I haven't really gone of and really done a photo hunt; the kind where it's me, the camera, and my music. My favorite day was walking from Water Tower Place in Chicago all the way home to 35th and Morgan just taking pictures, or walking around Columbia, SC. Writing, taking pictures, just being with myself allows me to think about me for a little while. Even when I live by the idea of taking care of others before myself.  That intense passion, ambition, and enthusiasm was no longer there, but by my own hand I let it go.

If you enjoy a hobby, even if you think you're bad at it, make time for it. Don't let the hustle of life take away the things that help you think through problems, analyze life, and just allow you to exist in your own way. I am guilty of not following this advice, I am guilty of letting the couch and tv suck me in, but this could quite possibly be the turn around.

Find that passion for things you once did and with it ambition, enthusiasm, and maybe even a little extra dedication will follow.