“If You Build It—He Will Come”
Field of Dreams
This haunting quote that prompted the construction of a ball field (that actually exists) in an Iowa cornfield, is the. Next to last baseball quote to be featured in the “spring Training” series for this. Blog.... what’s last? Well it Ain’t Over. Till. It’s. Over of course.
My perspective on this quote may vary from that of most, however in the perspective of seeking peace and joy, I’ll offer it for consideration.
My perspective is “if you have the courage to do what it takes to reach out beyond your personal needs, wants, desires, and path—then possibilities expand in incredibly wonderful ways. Also once you start down. A new path all types of interesting things become possible. about 15 years ago now, I started playing the guitar. I’m planning on doing a three part series on this in a couple weeks, however, for now I’ll just say it opened up a whole dfferent part of my mind and create3d a mind/body/practice/artistic connection that I didn’t think was possible outside of athletics for me. It opened up a way of looking at the world, processing thoughts and feelings, and generally helping me grow in ways that I didn’t imagine. Hence, If I tried to learn the guitar all that new and growing area of my soul did come into awareness. I knew I had this connection with music, the guitar became the key to bring it forward. So in a way my. Ghost would. Have said “If you strum it—you will know.
I said all that. To say this...
In seeking peace and joy I learned to peak around the corner to see what might be down the side roads in life. From time to time. I have the courage. To try a few new things to see if these are interesting and my gifts can be applied there. This blog is in some ways the result of one of these back alley explorations. I wanted to record these thoughts of mine so I could leave some of them alone for a few minutes and then come back tho them when my present required more depth of consideration. I did not want to keep building up a wagon full of curious musing that I needed to always carry into the present. I wanted a library so to speak. Writing them out loud helps me view the connections I see/feel between everyday items and thoughts to. Deeper themes and experiences . Well as it turned out I used to like writing a lot more than I realized and I still do like words a lot as notes in the songs of language or voicing a public thought. So because I built this blog...my joy for words and expresasion has expanded. I can use the words and it feels frustrating some days, however it feels magnificent just often enough that I have joyous moments in the process of. Writing almost each time I sit down to do it... “If you build it...”.
So in summary—look down the side road ... try something that is interesting for you and that is shareable. Your tribe will come to support you at the strangest and most magical times and in ways you will not expect. Sure you may have to “ease his Pain” for more than one person and you may need to “Go the Distance” to learn all the magic of building it so to speak—and you. Just might find a whole “Field of Peace, Joy, and Dreams
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