Me:
Good morning, Mibes.
Mibes:
(He stands up from the table and we embrace.) Good morning! So good to see you
again. How are you?
Me:
Still not the usual energy. But I went to bed early and am feeling better than I did last night. And, you?
Mibes:
No complaints. I’m glad to be alive. Glad to be here with you.
Me:
How’s your creative life, Mibes? Are you still writing and producing?
Mibes:
Thanks for asking. Seems like I finish one project and two others are waiting for
me. A game of Whack a Mole.
Me:
I know that feeling. What’s your secret to getting it done, day in
and day out?
Mibes:
Great question. I don’t know that I have any secrets. Some of it is habit and
the need for income. But I also recognize I have a need to feel like I’m making
a difference. I think my work helps others. But I don’t know. Goals and
gratitude also help. What about you?
Me:
I agree with what you’ve said above but I’d add to it asking questions and
being comfortable with a question hanging there.
Mibes:
Sounds a bit like prayer. You ask for an answer or for help and then you wait.
Sometimes you have an immediate insight, but sometimes there’s just silence.
Me:
Yes. And it’s being Ok with the silence. I just finished an evaluation of a
project and I realized that I’d built right into the structure of it that I’d
wait for a theme to emerge from the initial research. I didn’t try to push for
something I didn’t have, but I felt some confidence that something would
emerge.
Mibes:
And it did?
Me:
Sooner and more organically that I had imagined.
Mikes:
So finding the approach you want to use is a matter of asking questions and
waiting until the answer emerges. And being patient with that process even when
you’re on deadline?
Me:
That’s a fair summary. Reminds me of the idea that if you’re playing a piano
with broken keys, you’ve just got to go with the notes that you can play.
Mibes:
You’re into playing broken pianos these days?
Me:
Oh yeah. Got a whole warehouse full of them.
Mibes:
We’ll have to talk more about projects and productivity.
Me:
I’d enjoy that. (gives Mibes a hug)
Mibes:
And I’ve enjoyed our breakfast. Hope your day goes well.
Me:
You, too. I love you Mibes.
Mibes:
I love you more.
Me:
Not as much as I love you.
Mibes:
Sounds like a topic we need to keep discussing.
