“Swagger”ing Through Life
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which.
He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself he always seems to be doing both….”
- François-René de Chateaubriand
My friend Brad posted that quote and it says so much about where my thoughts were today. Last night I was able to hear Mark Harriman’s band Swagger play at the Opryland Hotel, I’ve seen him perform twice and both times I’ve been impressed with the way his soul seems to pour through his music. He did an amazing rendition of the song Mad World. Watching the group “play” was the epitome of the above quote.As I drove home from Nashville today listening to the new Swagger c.d. I purchased I thought about how brief life is and how important it is in pursuing peace to pursue the things that cause our soul to sing. These are the things that give our lives meaning, and make them meaning-full. I want my life to be filled with this excellence of vision, this kind of passion, this kind of joy, the type that bubbles over and flows into the lives of the people around me inspiring them to seek out the lives that make their work become play.
