Something with nothing to prove

Balance · Little Light original

You take a photograph because the afternoon light catches a cup on the table. Before you have enjoyed it, another thought arrives: could this become a project, an account, something you might eventually be good at? Ambition has become so familiar that even pleasure gets offered a job. You are allowed to leave a few things unmeasured. Sing without improving your range. Grow herbs without documenting their progress. Read about something that will never help your career. Enjoyment does not need to become expertise before it deserves a place in your week. This is not an argument against taking your gifts seriously. It is an invitation to notice what you like before deciding what to do with it. Keep one small corner of your life where curiosity can wander without an audience. There may be more of you there than your achievements can describe.

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