Drew Rozell, Ph.D.

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Breathing In

July 29, 2010 drewrozell 9 Comments

Taking a moment to breathe in on the mountaintop after a solo hike.

I watched a special on John Lennon last night. John was talking about his time away from music, a time when he directed his energy toward raising his son, Sean. During this period, John said he did not pick up a guitar forĀ  five years.

In his words, sometimes you need to “breathe in before you can breathe out.”

I took his words to mean that if you are a creator, someone who shares their thoughts and feelings with the world in some shape or fashion, that every now and again, you need to go inward, to be quiet, and to just focus on replenishing your energy.

You need to allow yourself the space to just breathe in.

I found his words particularly timely as I find myself in a similar space lately.

Perhaps it’s the impending arrival of my son. Perhaps its the summer. Perhaps its because for the last several months I’ve been intently focused on writing my book (it’s finished!), planning, and preparing to completely re-launch and re-brand my business in the early fall.

During this time, I’ve continued to write, create, and take photographs. But I have not felt the desire to breathe out and share much with the world. It’s felt more natural to just be quiet for a while and to keep my thoughts to myself.

I share these thoughts here now simply because it feels good to share them. I still suspect I need another few weeks of breathing in.

The larger point is that I found hearing Mr. Lennon’s words gave me a kind of permission that I was looking for — that not only is it okay to withdraw from time to time, it’s necessary. It’s natural.

I offer this as simply a reminder, just in case you needed to hear it like I did.

So, breathe in.

The world will still be waiting for you when you are ready to exhale.

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Celebrate

June 30, 2010 drewrozell 2 Comments

Isn't she lovely? Karin at her baby shower.

Above is a picture of my wife at her baby shower, celebrating the impending arrival of our first child.

Her mom hosted the celebration in her lovely home. Great food. Fun baby gifts. Happy people. (They even let me attend!)

Later in the afternoon, I turned on the World Cup match. People in the stands were going crazy, celebrating the idea of nations coming together, kicking a ball around the grass.

When night fell, and my father-in-law and I were shooting a few games of pool, we could hear the popping of fireworks in the distance. I assume it was a celebration for the high school students who graduated earlier in the day.

Celebrations all around. As it should be…

For life is to be celebrated.

Even if you have no good reason…

Celebrate!

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