Love what you do and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Love what you do and you will never have to work a day in your life. 07/02/2010

"Love what you do

and you'll never have to work a day in your life."

I love that quote. That is a fantastic way to live your life. In many ways I do live my life that way. I am not conventional; I do not try to do what is, expected, of me.

I am comfortable in a mess as long as I can find the things I need and things are clean and hygienic. After all nature has litter around the place and I love the landscape with its fallen leaves and fern fronds with insect chew marks, the landscape and my home does not need to be perfectly manicured for me to be happy. Too much tidiness would cut into my creative time, my 'work', that I love too much to call work.

My idea of beautiful hands would be hands reaching out to aid someone or up to their wrists in wet clay or other creative medium. My vision of beauty is different to the conventional. I see beauty in eroded mountains and scars on trees and wonder that people view these things as flaws in people when they give such character. I am certain artists see life differently.

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The writer in me is developing along with the painter, and just like when I was a painter I am now turning away work I don’t have the time to do and choosing, only the best assignments or the best businesses to do work for and enjoying planning the novel I hope to write in November.

Creative people, never retire, we just reinvent ourselves. Yes, I am a carer, but I retained my creativity, by adapting my talents to those compatible with my new lifestyle. Where I once was, the painter who wrote, I am now the writer who paints. By adapting to my changing needs, demands and environment, I have retained the love for my work. My work is my play, my passion.

My sister was a writer, by profession, she also painted, (the reverse of my early career choice), so we mentored each other. She then adapted to becoming a painter, then as her life needs changed, she returned to our early life upbringing, that of working with fabrics. We were born into 'the rag trade', my mother being a fashion designer. My sister now makes beautiful art quilts for galleries in San Francisco, loves her work and is highly respected for it. My family, past and present, have all gravitated towards doing what they love and turning it into a profession. This is a great way to live if you can do it.

"What do you love enough to make your life's work and then never work a day in your life?"

Comments

Carol Willis

07/02/2010 12:55pm

Lovely blog! I love making things with my hands - baking, scrapbooking, painting, even home improvements - I always look for a way to do it myself. My top passion though, is writing and I'm working on making that part of my "work"...

kathy shell link

07/02/2010 1:14pm

Thank you for the quote Carol :-). Keep my up to date with how you are going with the writing :-), I know you will do well, you write with passion and you tell interesting stories.

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