My Privilege

A famous quote says if you do something you love for a
living, you'll never work a day in your life.  The person who first
said this was Confucius.  

As I think on this, and contemplate the quote, it
occurs to me; Confucius was not talking about lying about while being fed
grapes.  Rather- the quote is more in reference to contentment.  To
be content in ones life does not mean that you are stagnant, never working
or striving.  It simply means that you are happy; a deep and firmly
planted seed of joy rests in your heart and soul.  

Webster’s dictionary describes contentment as: the quality
or state of being contented (which is described as: feeling or
showing satisfaction with ones possessions, status, or situation).  

That brings me back to today’s blog, and my topic: My
Privilege.  

I am very privileged.  Privileged that my life and its
journey has landed me in a path, and with tools that have and are allowing
me to write and be an artist for all of you.  Even more- I am privileged
that any of you should read or happen upon any of these words. 

To say that this knowledge humbles me, well that is an
understatement.  After all, I am a small town girl, from an abusive background
who just started out doodling and writing in a journal as a survival tool.

Now I have the Privilege of doing those 'survival tools', I
had used for many years in a slightly different way, for a living.

So it is, my Privilege, to write, to draw, to paint, for
you-

Ursula Kay Vos