and do it passionately. that’s what i think about when i watch edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros. i mean seriously…are they passionate about what they do or what?! super love them. i can only imagine how awesome they are live. i now have them loaded in pandora. curious to see what pandora produces because i don’t think there’s anyone quite like them!!
also, this NY times article came across facebook today. i had read the salwen’s story a while back. so inspiring. they’ve now written a book about their experience and have a power of half blog here, which i plan on checking out later today.
i’ve been thinking a lot lately (more than usual) about what i’m meant to do in this world. i feel, deep in my soul, that i’m meant to do something greater. sometimes this thought really weighs on me…that i’m not doing enough. that there’s something else waiting for me. for my family. do you ever feel like that? i know that someday i’ll figure it out. maybe the time isn’t quite right right now. i guess that’s the deal that i make with myself. to alleviate the ache a bit.
i will figure it out.
i will.
and until then,
i will live with the ache.
ETA: ended up buying edward sharpe and & the magnetic zeros in itunes. pandora didn’t do them justice. they are a-ma-zing!!
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you inspire so many people deb. i always look forward to your words. i know the ache as well…
do i ever feel like that? … every.single.day.
I saw that performance the other day and added it to my What I’m Loving post that’s set to drop next weekend. I can’t wait to see them live either. Home is such a beautiful song!
deb, i can relate to every word. trying to figure it out – every day i might add – and learning to just be open and act on the little inklings i get every day, having hope that little by little what i’m supposed to do will unfold.
maybe, at the end of the day, we’ll find that part of what we’re meant to do will end up being a sum of those little daily things we felt inclined to do.
but it definitely weighs and aches.
xo, crystalyn
ah! i’ve never seen / heard of. so fun!!!
that’s such a hard balance, i think. the tug of knowing there is more in you vs. knowing you are enough. maybe it is one + the same, as long as you are manifesting YOUR stuff to the max. hm.
so can you squeeze in a quick jaunt to San Luis Obsipo on 3/2 to see ES&TMZ? oh come on…do it for those of us that ache for the live music here on a tiny island in the pacific…sigh. however, as military families we make sacrifices. not that we gave up our stuff for charity or donate the income we do have all the time – but our family certainly will be living differently upon returning to the US. living without 2/3 of your furniture and household goods for 4 years, not to mention driving 10-year-old cars that get you where you’re going, cooking in a kitchen 1/4 the size of anything you’ve had before, living without “keeping up with the Joneses”…teaches you what’s really important. jumping into the ocean on any given afternoon to snorkel and dive among soft coral and tropical fish at the end of your block together with family and friends. volunteering in a community that is poor and lives on so much less. (families here live in apartments 1/4 of the size of ours with parents and grandparents!) yes, giving and selflessness feels incredible. There’s time left, and the awareness is great. Thanks again for you, Deb. And the giving you do and the sacrifices you and your family make.
I think most of us feel that way at least some of the time – but it is somewhat comforting knowing that you feel that way even though you seem to have many great talents – your photography is incredible and your blog is filled with inspiring stuff. =)
The answers will come, sometimes you just have to ask the questions first…at least that’s what Im always reminding myself.
You already know how I feel about Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, A-W-E-S-O-M-E! But I have to thank you for posting about the Power of Half. There was an episode of Dateline or some other show that had a segment on them. I couldn’t recall the charity that they had donated to and went online to research. No luck! I love how good it feels to finally find something you were looking for! Thanks Deb!!