Cardinal Sin

Cardinal "Sin"
Keller, TX

Use what talents you posses; the woods would be

very silent if no birds snags there except

those that sang best.

~Henry Van Dyke

If we could simply assign sins degrees of gravity, I've thought that the most grave would be those that fall into the realm of causing self affliction. Ones where you cause harm by cheating yourself and the life you lead short; where you squander your life, and talent, simply to chase your material well being but do nothing to satisfy your emotional and spiritual well being.

We all have things we need to do such as raising and providing for our families. (There are some who readily shun those obligations and society frowns upon them as it should.) However, within the context of living there remains something which seems to allude most and that is the satisfaction of exploiting and discovering our own talents.

Since 2010, I've been on a quest somewhat like Ponce de Leon seeking my own spiritual fountain of youth something to quench my thirst for meaning and purpose and in the process discover my talents. My purpose unfolds for me as I commune with my visual world. It inspires and drives to me experience and participate in life rather than read about it or watch it on television.

Don't want someone else to tell me about it but rather, I want to be its witness firsthand. My talent is my ability to convey to others both what I've seen and heard and tell a story that inspires others to do and find the same.

It should not surprise us if it others don't feel the same because we are all different. In fact it shouldn't upset us if others think we are absurd or they don't comprehend. The cardinal sin is to ignore that restlessness that may reside within you; that is for the logical a very frightening Nicodemus experience. We have to let go of the fears that have constrained us.

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