what endures

I just got back from a looonnng walk in the sun. It's gotta be 50 degrees here today.

As I was thinking to myself how lucky I am to have the kind of work where I can be out midday, and how fun it is to know so many playmates with similar schedules who can join me, a man who I'd seen on my daily walks for years and then did not see for a long time approached.

And for the first time in 8 years of walking the same path in different directions, we struck up a conversation. He told me with a big grin that a book he's written about flight training and beautiful women has been published, and that he sent it in to Oprah to consider for her list.

He's gotta be in his 80's, and it was such instant validation that investing in creativity is investing in the one thing that does not need to fade away with age. Well, wait, I guess Love doesn't need to fade, either.

Okay, one of two things, then.

The enduring nature of love has been obvious to me for years. But the concept that we can create until we die is relatively new for me. It gives me even more to look forward to as I age ...