There's so much I don't know...and I'm not much of a strategist.  We all have things at which we're experts (or nearly so), things about which we have an average understanding, things we really don't get at all...and many variations in between.  I'm ok with that, as long as I continue to learn.

"Edmund was already feeling uncomfortable from having eaten too many sweets, and when he heard that the Lady he had made friends with was a dangerous witch he felt even more uncomfortable. But he still wanted to taste that Turkish Delight more than he wanted anything else."
--The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

"You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness."
--The Weight of Glory

Creative impulses

A friend of mine was reminiscing today about a time, years ago, when he felt compelled to draw and paint...and how long it's been since he's felt that.  I can relate to that.  What I miss is being absorbed in working on a piece and the high of succeeding in getting the results I wanted...looking at it and thinking *I* made that happen.  For me, something close to that feeling still can be found in my job, when it's going well and I'm accomplishing things I care about.  But I'd like to come full circle...let go of some of the compulsion to get things done and just let myself focus on something purely creative again...just for the joy of it.