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June 27, 2008
Storm is a beautiful black cat who visits my studio daily. I always marvel at Storm's ability to plop himself down and appear completely at ease as the world goes quietly crazy around him. He just gives a slow blink every now and then and carries on being Storm. (I know the noise in my head does not bother him.)
Storms ability to relax and be in the moment inspires me. Nothing in his being aspires to be anything other than who he is. Storm is not influenced by newspapers, magazines or television shows.
Words like win at all costs, greed, make money, success and enjoy life, all mean the same thing to Storm the cat.
Absolutely nothing!
It reminds me of a story I heard about a billionaire who went fishing in the Caribbean. One afternoon he came across a fisherman reading a book in a hammock beside his boat.
“Why aren’t you fishing? Asked the billionaire.
“Well, “ said the fisherman. “I have caught enough fish for today.”
“Why don’t you catch some more?”
“What would I do with them?”
“You can make a heap of money selling fish,” said the billionaire. “There are countless restaurants that need fish. With that money you can get a motor for your boat which will allow you to go further out to catch more fish. Then you’d make even more money to buy nets. Having nets will bring you more fish and more money. With all that money, you could own a bunch of boats and start your own fishing company.”
“And then what?” asked the fisherman.
Then you could relax and enjoy life,” said the billionaire, proudly taking a puff of his cigar.
“That’s what I’m doing right now,” smiled the fisherman, returning to his book.
Posted by trevor at June 27, 2008 09:21 AM