There are not many things I would overpay for but good
stationary + killer quote, now that I will. This notepad drew my attention, and
with a no-question purchase, it now sits on my nightstand ready for the
inspirational ideas that will bring out my best work. When you are a creative,
you are always looking for the next thing within yourself. What will you say,
what will you create, what is the next creative adventure you will take? And
you always have the hope that the next will be better than before, after all,
your best work is still within you.
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| Living my best work! |
Enter last week. My husband was about to leave for a work
trip. I began physical therapy on an injured ankle and our dog sliced open her
carpal pad (that soft pad on the back of her leg). That left us both with a
twice daily regimen of care, to be completed by me, because Craig would be out
of town. Ibuprofen, icing, and stretches for me. Medicine, keeping the wound
clean, and I did mention the cone of shame for Bella? My best work now became care
for a creature and self-care. Nothing creative here, simply repetitive care. Oh
the irony of this daily list scribbled on this notepad.
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| Bella - an unhappy girl |
In a world of always moving forward, always creating, always
improving and innovating, there is also the simultaneous world of daily
maintenance, simple care, and patient attentiveness. There are not leaps of
inspiration in the daily maintenance, nor surges of adrenaline at a
breakthrough. The best work within us does not move us forward, it moves us down.
It moves us to a place of slowing and surrender. It moves us to a place of
sacrifice and selflessness. It moves us to live like Jesus.
What best work is within you today? Maybe it is the rush of
moving forward or the breakthrough of a challenge. And maybe it is the thing
that will gain no recognition, that no one will see, but that moves you down to
live more like Jesus, which is the best work that is within us.
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