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THE PLOT THICKENS

Life is more than just a collection of random events and our reactions to them... at least for me it needs to be more. Like a lot of people I need purpose, adventure, friendship and most importantly variety... routine is poison for creative people.

But as I'm learning, purpose finds YOU, so there is no need to go looking for it. Adventure gets the heart pumping fast but it walks hand in hand with drama. You might think you don't like drama but interesting lives are usually filled with some kind of dramatic event or combination of such.

Friendship, well that's all about how much you're willing to open yourself and your lives to people that have an effect on you. I have lots of people I'm friendly with but a select few friends... I mean people I can rely on.

That brings us to variety... or the need for variety which is really just the need to grow, the need to evolve, to learn, to see the world through different eyes. This has been the driving factor in my life. It is the reason why I cling so readily to the concept of "NEW", why I embrace change like an old friend and as a result it has brought me adventure and friendship. Purpose still seems elusive but as I stated above it will find me.

I recently came to a crossroads... where I needed to start thinking about where I'm going... professionally as a marketer, artist, writer and fate has opened a path for me in the direction that I was not opened to before. It's funny how the answers to the questions that cause to the most angst are sometimes right in front of our eyes. Too simply see.

Anyway I won't into detail here suffice to say adventure, friendship and variety is on the way and purpose is not too far away.

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