Ach, phooey
Feb 12th, 2008 by handolio
Not every day can be great. Work today was up and down, ending with a surprise sucker punch.
When stuff goes wrong - and I mean everyday, non-life changing stuff - it’s easy to mope about it. I frequently do - there are plenty of toys around my pram.
I’d recommend picking up the nearest Kurt Vonnegut book, though, and seeing just how seriously you can take yourself after a few pages:
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.
