Anyone who has ever been in an oppressively hot car will know that opening one window is never quite enough. You need to open two, one on each side, to create a cross-breeze that flows through the car. Of course, this applies for wherever you need a cool burst of air (like your home) but also, it seems to me, to life in general.
Yes, you need to keep yourself open to receive: new ideas, experiences, and all the beauty and magic that life has to offer. It's also important though to keep another part of yourself open to give: to add to the beauty and the magic, to share, to reach out and connect. Of course, selfishness is always an option, but try and imagine how much worse off we'd all be if everyone exercised it.
So, if you've ever wondered how to make the world a better place, this is as good a place as any to start. Share yourself with the world (and we all have something to share), if only because everything you are is a direct result of things others have shared. Always keep both windows open, so everyone (the passengers in your car, or your co-travellers through life) has a much more enjoyable ride.
A final thought: As soon as you open the second window, you will find that breeze will find your way into your car somehow, even on what seems like the stillest day. It needs to know there's a way out, before it decides to come in. From the point of view of the creative process, both the metaphor and its implications are too significant to ignore.
Peace.
Yes, you need to keep yourself open to receive: new ideas, experiences, and all the beauty and magic that life has to offer. It's also important though to keep another part of yourself open to give: to add to the beauty and the magic, to share, to reach out and connect. Of course, selfishness is always an option, but try and imagine how much worse off we'd all be if everyone exercised it.
So, if you've ever wondered how to make the world a better place, this is as good a place as any to start. Share yourself with the world (and we all have something to share), if only because everything you are is a direct result of things others have shared. Always keep both windows open, so everyone (the passengers in your car, or your co-travellers through life) has a much more enjoyable ride.
A final thought: As soon as you open the second window, you will find that breeze will find your way into your car somehow, even on what seems like the stillest day. It needs to know there's a way out, before it decides to come in. From the point of view of the creative process, both the metaphor and its implications are too significant to ignore.
Peace.
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