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#132 Niche Finder

I struggle and I struggle. Not quite doing what I ought to do. Not quite saying what I ought to say. Not quite being who I ought to be. I know it because I feel it. Unsettled, unfulfilled, reaching. Not having a clear focus of where to go. Having no understanding of how to get there. Just feeling it's not here, and knowing I want to find it. What is my goal, my purpose, my reason for becoming a conscious being in this world, today? What is it? So, I went to a party last night. It was a party for a niche finder. At 37 he decided he was an artist. Sure enough, he is. He paints his own style, for his own reasons. He paints thank you. He paints praise. He paints good feelings. He paints eye-pleasing ensembles of color and shape. Parts don't blend. They attach to each other. Side by side, layer on layer, point to point, highlight to highlight, purpose to purpose. The party was peopled by niche finders, niche seekers, and me. We were there to praise the niche finder, to thank him, to feel good, to display our own niches, to seek niche possibilities. Not to blend niches, but to attach to each other briefly, side by side, layer on layer, highlight to highlight. We were there with our own style, for our own reasons. I struggle and I struggle. The party never stops. The painting is never really finished. The purpose of our conscious lives is not to find our niche, but to seek our niche. We need only to learn to brighten the colors, turn up the music, savor the wine, and enjoy the search.

Copyright © June 2001 Jim Wilson


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