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Fitting Under One Umbrella 02/04/2010
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I've always enjoyed doing a great many things.  In a romantic sense, I'd be referred to as a "Renaissance Man."  From a business point of view, I may be considered an entrepreneur.  From a psychological point of view, I believe I could be labeled as ADD.  My strength to be competent at a great many things is also my weakness.  I've envied people who have one passion and that passion drives them greater than anything else.  My wide array of passions seem to move in and out of me like unexpected gusts of wind.  There are times I wish that I could be madly passionate about only one thing in life and that then the other things would fall away.  Alas, as I creep into middle age, I realize this is not to be the case.  I am moving into a full acceptance of that personal truth.  The reward is that I am NEVER bored.  On the contrary, I always have plenty that keeps my attention and I often want more time in the day to be able to do all that I enjoy doing.  This aspect of my life, I would trade for nothing else.  However, it is only recently that I have understood that my many loves can all fit under one umbrella.  Yesterday as I sat looking at my activities board, I rearranged some of my categories and sub-categories and realized that they do seem to all fall under one umbrella.  They may not all be directly related to one another, but they do all have one thing in common.  All of my passions involve forms of communication --- with groups, with individuals, with businesses, with strangers, with creative partners.  They all have stories to tell that are intended to inspire and to foster love.  Some are specifically for the business world and some are best served in a relaxed jazz club, but they all are forms of communication about which I feel passionate.  So, the decision that I made yesterday is not to limit myself to one thing hoping it would "win out" over all of the others, but to enjoy all of the things which give rise to communication.  It is not my job to make myself fit into one category, it is only my job to serve my ability to communicate with passion and purpose ... and that all fits under one umbrella.
 


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    Mark Edgar Stephens

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