June 5, 2003
What does it take to get going? Some days the thoughts just aren't there. Some days, things just appear to be as they are, things. The gas tank is empty. People look the same. The air smells the same. The food taste the same. Ever have that time when you had a piece of steak, or fish, or even a burger, and it was the best that you had ever tasted and you never understood why. You wake up, and just know "today is the day".... for what.... no clue.... but it just turns out that way.... We all wait for the things that will change our lives. We wait for songs to take away our pains. We wait for inspiration. Without it, what are we. We are workers with no pay. Mothers with no child. Singers with no voice. Painters without vision. Poets without love.
What is the driving inspiration. It's not something that just comes to you. No object handed to you can ever replace the day that you decided to train for a marathon. No one person can just ask you to write a novel. It's a purpose. For what? Nothing really, just a purpose, that comes from knowing that at that time and place, this is what I feel, and this is enough for me. Enough to understand that I don't have to understand anything. This is my inspiration. My purpose. Just what's needed to get me going......