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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (72427)	8/13/2003 8:52:38 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I like that! It's less charged and it doesn't have the religious or NewAgey overtones that Other Word has accumulated. Since I got my new little Shark vacuum, I find it a much more fulfilling experience. Although perhaps not a calling. Several of Ammo's friends have dropped out of the BFA Acting program after their sophomore year. One wrote him and said, "I realized that while theatre is fun, I don't really care if I am acting or not. It isn't essential for me and that isn't good enough." That makes such good sense to me. I had a voice coach who was also an incredible performer. When she sang, she laid her whole being out there. Another singer said to me once that while we would feel a hole in our lives if we couldn't sing, if it happened to Kathleen, it would be like taking her life. She was right for me at least. When I lost my voice a few years ago, it was hard, but I was able to transfer to the piano. It was never a calling for me to sing, just one of the outlets for my music. I'm sorry the steamcleaning is not a calling. You would know it was if the time passed in a heartbeat, and you found yourself in that creative zone where you noticed nothing else around you. Just you and the carpet and the vacuum, all merging, existing as one in Perfect Harmony.

To: Lane3 who wrote (72427)	8/13/2003 9:25:25 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

Excellent thought, as usual.

To: Lane3 who wrote (72427)	8/13/2003 11:20:39 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I like that. Of course, it has religious connotations in that priests and nuns are called to their vocations, but that should for them be the equivalent of bliss in the context cited by Rambi, so it fits. And calling has an outside-the-self connotation tht gives it more depth than bliss.