In Those Secret Places

I’m going to start pursuing my dreams this very moment. I don’t have to wait for school to start in the fall. I can read, journal, blog, research and study. I can be disciplined and creative with the time I have now. But I also want to do something crazy…something off the wall and out of my comfort zone.

So here it goes. This summer, on the 2nd Saturday of every month, I’m going to be a peddler. I’m going to sell excellent condition used books and some of my artwork. I’ll be sitting in my director’s chair, holding a polka dot umbrella on the corner of 12th and Clayton St. near Dazbog coffee.

Why am I doing this? Because books are beautiful; they are priceless treasures. They open doors to love, hope, despair, fear, adventure and longing. All these emotions inspire us to live, to write and share our life stories.

With a book, I can give you a ticket to escape to a vast new world. I can give you a great classic or a whimsical novel. I can give you books that helped inspire social change. You will find memoirs of both famous and everyday people. You’ll smile when you see the books you read as a child and buy them for your own kids.

These creations help us laugh a little harder and love a bit deeper. They help us mourn what we’ve lost and fight for what’s really important. They fuel our fiery passions and inspire life transformation.

If we want to change the world, we have to plunge into the written word. We have to tear into the depths of our imagination. And there, in those secret places, we will find that we were meant to live for so much more.