November 15th, 2006
This is the most brilliant bit of advice, musing, whatever I’ve read in a long time
Something will happen. Something always happens. If you are wondering… what to do? How do I act? What will tomorrow bring? What to do next? How do I make this decision? How do I follow my heart? What is my heart?
What is my heart saying? Do hearts ever say anything? Am I reacting to the sugar in my Apple Jacks?
Can Brendan Morrow lead the Stars into a new era of prosperity? Just remember, something will happen. Relax. There is no need to worry or manipulate. Something will happen tomorrow. And the next day. And then, something else will happen. Sometimes at the same time. And then, one will stop. And something else will happen.
Stop worrying.
Getting up and deciding what you are going to do today is usually a decision that’s already made for you. Just do it. If you don’t want to do that anymore, then think about the five people who are closest to you and how it will affect them. If you find that it could affect them greatly, keep doing what you were doing. Even if it makes you want to stick a rusty knife in your left ear. But don’t stick a rusty knife in your left ear. Because something will happen. Have a rough plan and be patient. If there is no one for you to worry about, do something unconventional. You might never get that chance again.
Ride the wave. You don’t make waves, you ride waves. Experience and attentiveness can help you anticipate what a wave might look like, how to ride it, but don’t overanalyze it. Just ride it. With respect and love and freedom and strength. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Just be that. Because something will happen. It might not happen today or tomorrow or next Wednesday, but it will happen. And if you respect, love, are strong, healthy, and free enough to ride a wave, then you, my friend, are living.
Self-loathing, isolation, doubt and despair are friendly confines in the mind of a vacillator. Don’t go there. Don’t feel as if there is nothing for the world to offer you or you to offer the world. Don’t feel so small. Think of a space, 50 feet, no 20 feet, in each direction. Fertilize it with your respect, love, freedom and strength. Fill in that space and stay within the lines. If you can complete that space, then extend your boundaries, but not until you touch the lines. You might get to the edge in five minutes and it might take five years to go one more inch. Stay inside the edge until full. And don’t despair. Because something will happen. Something will always happen.
The game is long. The game changes. Old rules die. Old rules live. New rules are formed. And then some of them die. Sometimes overnight. If you live within your 20 feet, the new rules that die won’t affect you.
Don’t take chances, take openings. The smaller the space you occupy, the more openings you will see and the further you will go. Be patient. The openings will always come, but they take time. Because something always happens. Your respect will choose the right openings for you, your love will cause you to act and your strength will power your resolve. And then, you are free.
Build that backyard rink, sign that kid up for hockey, go to that college hockey game, read that book by Jack Falla, watch that game tonight and feel the power of the hockey community.
Because something is happening.