WDYDWYD #001

I started getting hooked on the internet at an early age. Browsing sites upon sites became a daily necessity. I remember being grounded for accumulating Olympic bills for our internet connection.

One of the online pages that made a great impression on me is Why Do You Do What You Do. It's not so much the outcome of the project but the gravity of the question itself.

Think about it. Why do you do what you do? 

Some can give their answers quickly. As if they wake up each day with a signage on their ceiling with the reason behind what they do.

Some take their time in answering. A lot of time. Perhaps they are on the defense, knowing the reason behind what they are doing but not being too proud of it. 

And some, well. Some have no answers. Maybe they haven't figured it out yet.

Listening to one's response to the question always paints a clearer picture of who a person is. What drives him. What matters to him. It's always refreshing to find out why people choose to do what they do. Like a peek into one's soul. In the end, I think, our lives are written by our choices and the fuel that drives us to choose. 

And so I thought of posting here the answers of some of the people I am blessed to meet and be inspired by.

WDYDWYD #001:

Chuck Palmer, Musician

"Somewhere in the Bible is a Scripture that goes somehow like, it would be a sin not to use my talent," he says. He recounted his story -- how he began playing music at a young age, how instead of playing music he began to do 'legitimate' work instead but then there's that nagging feeling that he's taking his talent for granted, how sometimes, listening to music drives him to tears. In the end, he chose to play music.
His father often advises him, "follow your bliss." And so he does.