Kick in the Catalyst re: Time Talent and Energy (TTE)

Sometimes it's saying goodbye to another soul that causes you to reflect on your own life, and how much time you have left, and what you will do with it. It's a kick-in-the catalyst from the universe. We are only given so much time (unknown), an amount of energy (known), and some talents (mostly known). If you line them all up properly in a worthwhile pursuit, in theory you'll be successful and satisfied. I've been promising myself most of my life that I will be an artist "someday."  I went to MassArt and got my BFA, but then I quickly returned to a sure and steady paycheck from a cubicle, surrounded by time clocks and rules and incompetent management. And I was miserable.  I left the cubicle behind, but I've still allowed other obligations to drain me of TTE - these obligations were artificially important. Today - one rainy day in August - things have become crystal clear. That "someday" is now.  My daughter is my inspiration - she devotes a lot of time to her art and it shows; she graduated from MassArt in May and has her first professional job as an artist starting tomorrow.  I hereby shed the artificially important obligations and responsibilities that I have allowed to consume me for the past few years, to start my "someday."  My artwork will heal me and open up the spiritual door which I've kept closed too tight too long.