Have Fun Now

Ok, so last night after reading the "Power of Now" I could not sleep and then thoughts started coming to me - so I grabbed a journal beside the bed and wrote this. I have done some editing, it's close to where I want it.

L. Hull 9/22/08

No time like the present. My new mantra, "have fun now," coined by my daughter is tightly-coupled with that old time sentiment. This past spring while taking on the arduous chore of organizing a 5 year old's room, the awareness came.

We were trying to motivate Mary and ourselves to make some sort of order out of the chaos that her room had become. Needless to say, this was not her idea of a fun way to spend Saturday morning and it wasn't high on my list either.

After much fussing, we tried words of wisdom. "Mary, just stop complaining and start having fun."

Without much attention, she started helping and the whining stopped. Miracle, perhaps not. Conscience decision perhaps.

Mary had written a very simple and inspiring phrase on her chalkboard -- "Have fun now."

That day we were energized by her words.

Days later, Matt took a photo of the chalkboard after he had noticed it was still there. We talked about it and it fueled our creative juices. We realized it was the perfect phrase to adorn our t-shirts for the upcoming pig roast.

We had all intentions on making and selling t-shirts in honor of my father, Kel and donating a percentage to charity in his name. These were good intentions, but we all know where that can lead...So, it never happened and we often talked about - what if...

Present day - our near and dear friend Mike decides to launch an organic t-shirt thing and asks Matt for advice. We kindly advise, but start to ponder our own project and what the heck, it's the anniversary of my father's untimely departure and since there is no time like the present.

We are launching it now, right here and now. Why wait?