WAKEUP CALL!!!

Yesterday, I was called to an impromtu family gathering. On Tuesday, my brother had an on-the-job accident. He's an elevator technician whose real passion is building working model airplanes and drawing amazing ink art. As freak luck would have it, the wheel that pulls the cables to make the elevator go up and down, rolled over both of his hands while he was oiling the cable. OUCH! Thank God he still has all of his fingers even though they had to cut and reattach his left ring finger, which is still broken. Through all of this he still wants to go back to work. Mind you, this being his 3rd on the job accident. In his mind, he still has responsibilites and bills to pay.

I'm afraid for him but it saddens me that this is where must of us are in life. We ignore what we love so that we can pay bills. Even if we are faced with the greatest of dangers. Even if it means we could lose the limb that we need must to carry out those passions. I, too, am an artist. I spend 40 hours a week sitting in front of a computer doing non-photo/art related work, while doing my business part-time. A few years ago, I was out of work for two and a half months with the beginning stages of carpal tunnel. It was to the point where I couldn't turn a door knob without my hands cramping with sharp shooting pain. My brother's near finger loss reinstilled in my mind the thought that what you don't use, YOU LOSE!!!

Do what you love NOW!!! Not just to pay the bills. Where there's no way, a way will be made if you just ACT!!!