Good afternoon Galen, this post reminded me of a famous quote by Picasso: "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like a child".
On other occasions, if I remember correctly, you have used the metaphor of the blank canvas on which we go about painting as an equivalent to life. Among those fragments that you show us, we can perceive a great work of art. Congratulations.
I think we should all look upon our lives as a blank canvas to be painted as we would like it to look; my dad taught me that and I've certainly tried to do it. Of course, there's road blocks and unexpected occurrences and situations so things don't always go to plan. I guess what this post says is that I'm more focused on the masterpiece that is my life (or should be my life) and am actively working towards creating it. I just spent a couple hours crunching numbers, working things through, projecting out twenty years, which is all critical information that will permit decisions in the here and now.
Life is far too short not to wrangle it (or paint it) our own way.
I can tell you that this is one of the publications that I have most enjoyed reading in Hive, for several reasons. One is personal, on the 25th of this month I dynamite my present life project “to 25 years” (I'm not crazy, there is only a change of project, the picture will look nice). We talked about it recently, sometimes to win you have to lose..., and we only live life once, as you rightly point out. I wish you the best...
Best regards.
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Thanks mate, it's nice to hear my thoughts (words) have had an impact on someone.
Also, I'm with you on the lose to win thing, and when that works out it's not actually losing at all, it's gaining.