Asking the Question Why
When was the last time you asked yourself why-why do you want the things you want? Kind of a tongue twister of a question, but it is an important one. I was reminded on the relevance of “why” while attending a wine and cheese last week. With a glass of Pinot Gris in one hand and a goat cheese’d cracker in the other, my lovely host and I were traveling through a deep conversation, about work. While sharing plans with one another, I somehow got lost in a tangent of ideas, listing all the various projects I am anxious to do. My vision, it’s a big one, and I can get lost in it sometimes. Sipping my wine allowed for a brief pause, at which point my friend jumped on, and inquired matter of factly, “so, why do you want all of that?”
Pause for another sip. I had nothing to say. Wow, what a great question!
Why did I want this vision so badly? What was it about these ideas in my head that fueled my daily footsteps? I replied, but I don’t remember what I said. Instead, the word why penetrated throughout my mind for the rest of the evening. Why –while driving down lakeshore passing Gyro Beach, why, while brushing my teeth and why while absorbing the blackness of my room before falling asleep.
When you attach the why to something, suddenly there is a meaning. I had become too consumed with just doing-and forgot the reason why, I was following my dream
That night I dreamt of the women I once mentored under. When I discovered her, I was naive, influential, and totally inspired. She was a young, thirtysomething woman achieving many of the things I was interested in. A columnist-who had just signed her first book deal, and a producer wanting to star in her own TV program. To me, her accomplishments were amazing and I wanted to learn how she did it. At that time, before fame, she took time every month to have coffee with me, to help guide me along the way. That was three years ago.
I awoke with her on my mind and feeling a little more clear. Although I see her often- since her face is featured everywhere these days, I haven’t heard from her since that time. Nor have many of her original crews. She has achieved everything she set out to do-all in a short amount of time. Publicity has worked well for her. But, as I read her work, and follow her path from the outside, I am not really sure what it is she has to say. The depths of her work have been lost in the branding of her name. And although her progress is still inspirational to me, I just wonder if she remembers her why?
Sometimes we get lost in the wants and forget the why. Our ideas can eat our original passion-the feeling that started us dreaming to begin with. We become consumed with wanting more, that we forget what we already have. I don’t want to loose sight of the reason why I do the things I do even if the reason is as simple as, because it makes me happy. So my thought to you, is ask yourself why, and remember, this is life, it has to mean something, right?
©Desiree Daniel April 25, 200
Pause for another sip. I had nothing to say. Wow, what a great question!
Why did I want this vision so badly? What was it about these ideas in my head that fueled my daily footsteps? I replied, but I don’t remember what I said. Instead, the word why penetrated throughout my mind for the rest of the evening. Why –while driving down lakeshore passing Gyro Beach, why, while brushing my teeth and why while absorbing the blackness of my room before falling asleep.
When you attach the why to something, suddenly there is a meaning. I had become too consumed with just doing-and forgot the reason why, I was following my dream
That night I dreamt of the women I once mentored under. When I discovered her, I was naive, influential, and totally inspired. She was a young, thirtysomething woman achieving many of the things I was interested in. A columnist-who had just signed her first book deal, and a producer wanting to star in her own TV program. To me, her accomplishments were amazing and I wanted to learn how she did it. At that time, before fame, she took time every month to have coffee with me, to help guide me along the way. That was three years ago.
I awoke with her on my mind and feeling a little more clear. Although I see her often- since her face is featured everywhere these days, I haven’t heard from her since that time. Nor have many of her original crews. She has achieved everything she set out to do-all in a short amount of time. Publicity has worked well for her. But, as I read her work, and follow her path from the outside, I am not really sure what it is she has to say. The depths of her work have been lost in the branding of her name. And although her progress is still inspirational to me, I just wonder if she remembers her why?
Sometimes we get lost in the wants and forget the why. Our ideas can eat our original passion-the feeling that started us dreaming to begin with. We become consumed with wanting more, that we forget what we already have. I don’t want to loose sight of the reason why I do the things I do even if the reason is as simple as, because it makes me happy. So my thought to you, is ask yourself why, and remember, this is life, it has to mean something, right?
©Desiree Daniel April 25, 200
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