Having dyslexia allows you to see things differently than most people. Reading has always been, and will continue to be, a challenge for me. Maybe it makes me work harder at things if I want to be really good at them. This is a contributing factor to me being a life-long learner. It is work but well worth it.
Any amount of time spent thinking, writing, reading, observing, meditating, or daydreaming constitutes work. Seriously, if you use your brain it expends energy from your supply of resources. But the dominant thinking on the matter does not allow for these activities to fall in the category of work. This is frustrating to those of us who, while having a strong work ethic, do not have supervisors at our job who would allow for this to be called work.
Exploring the vast expanse of art, music, culture, theology, philosophy, science is frankly exhausting. It takes far more energy than most people will admit. Ask the person sitting next to you what they think about any of these topics. Can you give me your thoughts about the Baroque. You'll get a blank stare or an eye roll. that poor soul may not even know what you're talking about. What a trip! I can remember first hearing about the Baroque. I was truly fascinated by the ideas that formed it's foundations. How the masters were considered by their audience. The beauty of the expressions. I wanted to fill my ears and eyes with it's product. To me, there was nothing that could match the shear loveliness of what I heard.
If that isn't rambling, I don't know what is.
