Who knows, way back when, I began to make a secret list of the 100 people I'd love to spend 90 minutes with, if ever possible, and ask them about elements of their own life story that have formed them into who they are today (...kept secret for fun...all have to be living, thus, changes are made from time to time when some step through their own "thin veil"...).
In September I had the privilege of spending three days with one of those radical souls on that list...a man who has long been a "distance mentor*". It was creativity on steriods. I've still not recovered. I hope I never do. (...*...to be explained in a future Mentoring Mondays blog post...)
Thankfully, this distance mentor is now accessable in a way that was not possible before. He even sent condolences about my nephew's death...which encouraged my olde soul...knowing how in demand he is around the globe.
Today I got to "spend" 20 minutes with one of those other names earlier today. Now I, all the more, would like to spend time with this creative man, whom I've long respected from afar.
Francis Ford Coppola was interviewed last week on the HBR.org blog...from Harvard Business Review. I was drawn in to what I was hearing from him as he talked from the creative wisdom of his 72 years...on Family, Fulfillment and Breatking the Rules.
Family and beauty are of deep value to him...as well as good wine. More can be gleaned about his long and productive career by going to the site that knows everything...almost.
Listening to the HBR.org pod cast, you get a sense that Francis is one rather genuine soul...no matter his celebrity status. There's some rich wisdom wrapped up in his responses. One of my favorites was: "I've never seen a painting by a 2yo that wasn't beautiful."
Now I want to go back and see some of his films, known and unknown...with a little red "juice" from his Napa vines. Sounds like good winter evenings in the making.
OK...back to mentoring, writing, and getting ready to head for Idaho tomorrow. This was a good break to take in the midst of the severely changed schedule for this week.
Do you ever get the wonderment some times if life is for real...or fiction? Living the reality of these past months...in the upsides and down...has me slightly wishing some of it could be fiction. But it isn't.
So...I take a deep breath and plunge into the stream of hope, desire, and intentionally of living life to the max...longing to make a difference as each hour walks on by.
What about you?
...just in case you ever feel like you've lost some of your marbles...I've a few extra sitting here on a shelf by my reading chair in our family room...at my age I can't spare too many, but I can some...don't want you to be without your marbles! lol
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