work:
the physical or mental effort directed at doing or making something
Encarta World English Dictionary
"Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun."
Colleen C. Barrett
"Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein
The quotes above have two stories to go with them...
1. Something has come over me recently...I haven't been taking notice of the incredible good in my life. Everything seemed like work...even things I loved to do. Yesterday I got a glimpse of that attitude and looked from a different perspective. A shopping trip to find the perfect invitation for a party became an adventure in marketing instead of a check off line on my to do list. I'm sure the shop owners wondered why a customer was spending so much time in their store looking at every little item. There were so many great ideas tucked in those shelves...some I will use as kick off ideas for new items in my life. I really had fun!
2. The image from this week has a story. Ten years ago I started playing with my camera creating sketches of mother/baby father/baby and babies. (Still one of the favorite things I've ever done...searching each subject for their essence.) Well, in the midst of photographing a birthday party, the boy I sketched 9 years earlier walked in front of his baby images. It was one of those moments when he was totally preoccupied with something else, which gave me time to line up the baby he was with the boy he had become. Every one of Einstein's "Three Rules of Work" came into play.
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