Do What You Love . . . Today!

My friend and associate Darren Jacklin sent me a copy of David Deida’s book, The Way of the Superior Man last month, and I just got around to reading it.  Great stuff, particularly for men.  Here is an excerpt from the First Chapter:

Most men make the error of thinking that one day it will be done. They think, “If I can work enough, then one day I could rest.” Or, “One day my woman will understand something and then she will stop complaining.” Or, “I’m only  doing this now so that one day I can do what I really want with my life.”

The masculine error is to think that eventually things will be different in some fundamental way.  They won’t. It never ends.

As long as life continues, the creative challenge is to tussle, play, and make love with the present moment while giving your unique gift.  It’s never going to be over, so stop waiting for the good stuff.

As of now, spend a minimum of one hour a day doing whatever you are waiting to do until your finances are more secure, or until the children have grown and left home, or until you have finished your obligations and you feel free to do what you really want to do. Don’t wait any longer. Don’t believe in the myth of “one day when everything will be different.” Do what you love to do, what you are waiting to do, what you’ve been born to do, now.

Spend at least one hour a day doing whatever you simply love to do-what you deeply feel you need to do, in your heart-in spite of the daily duties that seem to constrain you. However, be forewarned: you may discover that you don’t, or can’t, do it;  that in fact, your fantasy of your future life is simply a fantasy.

Most postponements are excuses for a lack of creative discipline. Limited money and family obligations have never stopped a man who really wanted to do something, although they provide excuses for a man who’s not really up to the creative challenge in the first place. Find out today whether you are willing to do what it takes to give your gift fully. As a first step, spend at least an hour today giving your fullest gift, what ever that is for today, so that when you go to sleep at night you know you couldn’t have lived your day with more courage, creativity, and giving.