thrive

Tonight I took a much needed break to attend a reading by a former doula client of mine. Kurt Armstrong just completed his Arts Thesis and was presenting his wares. He wrote a collection of essays on the topic of marriage, The Means and the End is Love. More precisely, he poured out his heart and soul on paper, reflecting out loud on what, for him, is the challenging, rewarding, joyful, and painful experience of covenant love. His writing is eloquent and humble and tender and fierce. Apart from the fact that his passion for his wife and his commitment to marriage was so beautifully expressed, I found myself equally moved by the beauty of watching him thrive as a writer. What a gift it is to see a person follow his passion, persist past all manner of roadblocks and disappointments, and bring forth fruit. Would that we could all so thrive.