Kindling

Okay, this is going to be a stretch but please bare with me. I have made a lot of campfires, bonfires and fires in the fireplace in my past and present. One thing I have learned about making fires is the importance of kindling. Kindling can start a fire, keep a fire going and re-start a fire that is on it's way out. You don't need a lot of wood, paper or lighter fluid, just a lot of kindling.

I have been thinking about the kindling in my own life. Do I have enough? What is keeping me going? What is giving me the desire and drive to get up each day? In a time of no job, no paycheck and no schedules, am still able to kindle my own life? I am lucky to have family. As rough as our past may be and as frustrating as we can be to one another, I have learned as I get older that family does provide a way to re-kindle my life. My family does not just involve parents, sisters and brother. It involves the love of my life, my partner. I feed off of her in good times and bad. I watch with great respect and awe as she follows the passions of her soul. I allow her to be a process to help me re-kindle.

I re-kindle my life through my joy of working with children, reading, learning and of course caring for my puppy Scout. Sometimes I try to put out my fire, my passions, only to be frustrated. I should not avoid those things that bring me such joy and allow me to express my desires and that constantly re-kindle my spirit. What re-kindles your soul, your passion your drive? Remember to keep enough of it around.