I’m a big fan of author Paulo Coelho and am currently reading The Witch of Portobello. Coelho’s books are filled with inspiration and here is a quote that I found very meaningful:
“I dance whenever I can, but music only exists because the pauses exist, and sentences only exist because the blank spaces exist. When I’m doing something, I feel complete, but no one can keep active twenty-four hours a day. As soon as I stop, I feel there’s something lacking. You’ve often said to me that I’m a naturally restless person, but I didn’t choose to be that way. I’d like to sit here quietly, watching television, but I can’t. My briain won’t stop. Sometimes I think I’m going mad. I need always to be dancing, writing, selling land, taking care of Viorel, or reading whatever I find to read. Do you think that’s normal?”
There are a few individuals I’ve gotten to know quite well at KP Athletics who could benefit from this wisdom, myself included. It happens so frequently today in our society. Many of us always need to be doing something productive in order to feel secure, whether it be reading, exercising, sports training, or some other form of self improvement. But we can only make music if we pause, and we can only write sentances if we create spaces.
