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Is It A Hobby?
By joseexist in Musings On Muses
April 28, 2012

Hobbies are burdens we love to bear. They outweigh many things in our lives, but they rarely if ever become the proverbial straws that break our back. We hold them close to heart and feed them as well as we can for as long as we enjoy them. Distractions and detractors fail to usurp the bond that binds us to what we love to do.

Most hobbies evolve to include some sort of tool kit. These can be simple amalgams of a few things or vast arrays of any and everything one might need to use in a chosen craft. The dedicated hobbyist makes room in their life for such needed things. Eccentricity often becomes the norm. Even things that might seem mediocre to most could well be the most important thing to someone else.

As hobbies progress along the paths their enthusiast navigate, that initial spark that started the fire within never dims, it only conflagrates into a brighter and brighter beacon. Even if the world never notices what’s going on the hobbyist plies along happily. Contentment in whatever one is doing is a blessing that easily goes without ever being asked for.

Life seems to abhor the good time a hobbyist gets to enjoy. It always drops in when its least expected. It shows up like a bull waltzing into a china shop and immediately bumps the nearest shelf. The first item broken is always concentration. Over time the hobbyist gets used to the intrusions, somewhat.

Dismantling a small factory is easy if it’s done by the person that built it in the first place. Packing it all away in small enough portions is a must. If the hobbyist can’t carry it piece by piece then maybe it can be left behind or a replacement can be made in the new location. If not, a little melancholy might inspire a bit of extra motivational strength. A few more deep breaths and a bit of deeper contemplation are old familiar friends.