Protecting what is Pure

When I used to live in Long Beach, CA., there was a neighbor that would always stop by our apartment and everything that he thought that was cool or righteous he would exclaim, "Pure, man!  PURE!"  I have no idea what his name was, but I'll always hear that exclamatory in my head, "PURE!".

I think when we love something righteously, it's important to protect it, but I think protection viewed maturely involves more than simply safe guarding or hiding something away; it also implies vulnerable sharing... when we're ready.  & when we're really strong in ourselves, by Gods good grace, we should exclaim it to the world, "PURE!"

Sustainable Pure Vocation

I've often found action that comes from a pure place is tough to sustain.  When I find something pure I enjoy doing that excites me, I want to keep doing it and turn it into a living.  Equally so, I've found that monetizing something pure I enjoyed doing takes the joy out of it, rendering is unsustainable.  I think we can love our work, it just needs to be work that can work for us.  I loved filming skateboarding as a kid, and thought I was meant to do that for a living, but it involved me living 2 states from home and frankly wasn't very enjoyable once it became a real business.  That work, at the end of the day, just didn't work for me.

My new policy is- like your job as much as it will let you love your life... Love what you do; without over doing it, and protect what is pure, always.