Just thinking about life this evening, and I came across this quote by Bill Watterson, the genius behind Calvin and Hobbes.
“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential — as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth.
You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them.
To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.”
― Bill Watterson
I have a lot of work ahead to "invent my own life's meaning", but I feel that I have a lot of blessings and some great places to start. I hope every one of you will always strive to work hard and be happy and be the person you choose to be, and not what other people expect you to be.
I’m glad that the vaccine is working, and glad to go places where masks are optional. I always worry about you all, and you are in my prayers every night. I’ll be back soon with a new post!
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