Create
A piece of metal on its own
sitting in the garage at home
Doing nothing for itself
laying useless on a shelf
In my mind a plan concocts
using metal wood and rocks
By themselves they useless be
but together you will see
Wheels turning can create
something of their empty state
Maybe useful or sublime…
or beautiful in their own time
To be remembered more than naught
something new of which was wrought
The metal had to feel some pain
sawing goes against the grain
Breaking of the rocks must be
for convergence of the three
So together they will stay
in a new and different way
Transformed and changed
by hand of fate
All brought about…
when I create
David Kettler, 10/05/10
In October of 2010 I drove to San Jose to attend a battery convention. Having miss-read the web-site, I thought the expo opened at 8:30AM, however, it did not open until noon! Rolling into town about 8:00, I suddenly found myself with four empty hours! I remember Jim Rohn asking his audience, “why would I buy an empty book for twenty five dollars?” His answer was, “to go searching for something more valuable than twenty five dollars to put in it!” So now I had to go searching for something of value to put in my newly found four empty hours in San Jose California! I started walking downtown and ended up at the beautiful Fairmont Hotel. After securing a wonderful cup of coffee, I made myself at home in the vast lounging area where there was a beautiful grand piano at which I stared at longingly! Not having the guts to go over and play it, I started writing. I wrote out a number of my goals both in personal and business life, and then I started looking at the pictures in my phone. The first two pictures were of my newly created “planter” that sits in the entryway of our home. The next picture was of my newly created dinning room table which now sits in our breakfast nook area. I thought about how just a few weeks before, they were only sticks of metal sitting on a shelf at Jim’s Supply Co. and a sheets of plywood sitting on the shelf at Home Depot. Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed my four hours in downtown San Jose and will remember what I put into them for many years. The battery expo was nice too. I saw a few old friends that I have known in my industry for years. The technology has changed but the faces remain the same!
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