Day 17:
The Mrs. and I went to a shopping plaza this evening to run an errand and I saw something that bummed me out a bit, but it also inspired me.
Fire Your Imagination, a ceramics shop in our town, recently closed its doors. A few weeks back there was a sign warning of their departure from our community. The saddened sign read something like, “After 16 years of being a part of this community, we regret to inform you that Fire Your Imagination will be closing. We hope that our time and place in this community provided warmth and smiles while you showed off your creativity…”
The economic downturn turned down the lights on this shop.
As we walked by the empty place where people use to set fire to their creativity, I thought about a couple of things.
First, aside from walking upright on this sphere, I haven’t done a single thing that has lasted for 16 years. This struck me because hanging out with middle schoolers all day can make a guy my age feel older than he really is, but today I felt like a kid in diapers as that reality set in. Heck, 16 years ago I wasn’t even 16 years old.
Segundo, I want to live a life that will generate warmth and smiles in my community.
Today I learned that, like Fire Your Imagination, I have no idea when the times may call my plans to an end.
Which means that today I learned that if one day I want to be able to look back at my time and place in my community and feel like I made a contribution, from where I stand now, I need to look forward, set my mind ablaze, and figure how to do that - and then do it.
Looking forward to 16 years from now…
Here's a spot of some imagination from the Mrs., two sis's, and myself:
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