Some rambling convictions

Lately I've spent a lot of time trying to find a way to be successful, creative and generally productive without a full time writing job. More than many things, I want to get paid to tell good stories, but it seems the world has little need for story tellers right now. Instead there is a call for investment bankers, economists and the like.

However, I refuse to believe our people have been consumed, digested and reborn as sterile, number crunching robots with no sense of connection unless fed by a remote control or an electrical outlet. It cannot be that there is no need for creative sharing between humans. It is impossible that we are only interested in our individual lives and I don't believe we, as a people, are content in just being awake. Just breathing...blinking.

We want to live. We want to understand our purpose for living. That's why we go to bookstores and search the aisles for a gripping novel to read in what little spare time we have. It's why we buy candles when we don't need them to illuminate our houses but just want to bask in their warm, flickering light. It's why we meditate when the only real minimum requirement is eight hours of shut eye. It's why we still sit down together for holidays when we could settle for a conference call or a Skype session. It's why we still look into the eyes of our loved ones and why we all wonder, every single day, what the person next to us is thinking. We want to connect with our souls. We want to feed our spirits. We want to study our existence as living beings. We are still trying to figure out where we came from and why. We are still trying to find meaning in our lives and this cannot be found without extending outward to those around us.

It is for these reasons I refuse to believe humans have maxed out their creativity intake. There is room for more. In fact, there is a gaping hole waiting to be filled with new ideas, new stories, the ponderous thoughts and concerns of the people around us. Our meaning doesn't lie within our bank accounts or computer hard drives. So let's step away. Step away and cradle the value in a good conversation, in understanding human nature. Doing such is like coming home from a barren landscape to an oasis of nourishment

We all feel the same emotions. Sharing them and studying them like the precious clues they are can bring us closer to enlightenment, well being, inner and outer peace.