In love with life

064My life is full right now. Quite full. 30 hours of publishing. 30 hours ship. In between all the other stuff. Shopping, organisational matters, orders for the ship, etc.

Today:

  • 8.30 -11.40 Publisher. And a dear friend came by and gave me tomato plants. We talked for a few minutes.
  • 11.40 Parcel to the post office
  • 12.00 -13.00 Appointment with the optician. Contact lens fitting
  • I cooked something briefly - steak + raw kohlrabi, there wasn't enough time for more.
  • 13.30 - 18.00 Coaching
  • 18.00 - 20.00 Session
  • 20.00 - 22.0o Short visit to a sick friend, which ended with me accompanying her to hospital because we both thought her situation was too critical.

It's full, it's a lot. And when personal or professional challenges are added to the mix, it sometimes feels like too much. Nevertheless, I feel more alive than I have for a long time. Nowadays, you don't just jump from burn-out when too much is demanded, but also from boredom. Jank from boredom. I was in danger of this a few years ago, when publishing houses, seminars etc., despite all their fascination, had become routine to a certain extent.... and I was almost bored because they no longer presented any challenges.

Then came the ship...now I have no more problems with "sick with boredom"...but two dozen other problems...but what the heck. I prefer them.

I realise that - despite the many things I have to do - I can be more in the present than I used to be able to. I can concentrate on the people and things I'm with at the moment. I think less about the things that still need to be done. As well as the ship, I'm also working on a new Quadro about Appeal. It was important to me to keep the topic broad and not too pointed - i.e. not too narrowly focussed on a special task to which one may be called - but to take a broad view of the large field of vocations within which one can move well.

And so this morning I wrote about the most fundamental vocation on which all other vocations are based: The vocation to life. We are called to life. Later, when I had to do something in Schl0ßstraße, I thought about it further and was happy: Yes, we are called to life. What a gift. We are allowed to savour, explore and live out this life with all the possibilities it offers. I was happy. And thought: "Yes, I am in love with life!

A tea merchant offering free samples looked at me and said: "You're glowing!" I replied: "
- and let him give me a hibiscus iced tea. Wonderful!

Similar Posts