I’m a regular subscriber to Hugh MacLeod‘s newsletter, where I receive one of his drawings in my inbox everyday. And each day, I look forward to reading what piece of inspiration Hugh would send this time. The picture above is one of my favourites (it was hard to choose, but I think this one speaks to me a lot) and maybe that’s because if you had to illustrate what goes on inside my brain, this might as well be it.

Possibilities run around in my mind every second I’m awake. I’m a daydreamer. I’m an optimist. I always carry my glass half-full even when I find myself in a large room with people holding their glasses half-empty. Storytelling is my thing but I also always been into entrepreneurship and technology. These three things get me thinking – a lot. I’ve even gotten myself back on the reading bandwagon (I’m currently in this crazy non-fiction phase) and this just further fuels my intoxication.

When I meet other people and start talking about all the crazy stuff they could possibly do, sometimes I get weird looks or the typical lets-be-realistic-here talk. Sometimes it’s hard for me to understand how some people can’t think about the possibilities that are out there for them, but this is probably the same reason why it’s hard for people to understand why my head is ‘up in the clouds’. I still consider myself realistic to some degree, but I don’t want that to stop me from thinking outside the box and trying something new, something different, or even something that scares me.

Go ahead and intoxicate yourself with possibility.

Heck, get high off the ideas that are running in your head. I always feel an adrenaline rush when I do. This type of intoxication is  a good feeling. It’s a feeling that can help you get things done, add some accomplishments on your list, meet people you wouldn’t have otherwise met, possibly earn you more money, possibly lead you to a job you’d actually enjoy doing…the list goes on.

Love, Life, Enterprise, Discovery? Its one of those powerful moments which don’t come that often, but can profoundly affect us.

(from the gapingvoid newsletter: cartoon #42 – ‘Intoxicated’ March 17, 2010)

I’ve had a few of these powerful moments and I’m craving for more. It’s what led me to start a web series with my friends, it’s what led me to start my own business, But I’m not gonna push for it. Instead, I’ll keep dreaming and thinking away, doing what I need and want to do so I can get these projects of mine lined up and launched.

I’m going to end this post with a few more of my favourites from gapingvoid – it’s a rainy day here in Toronto and looking back at these lifted my spirits up, so I’m posting them.

Here are the others I didn’t have time to put in this post: ‘Dent‘, ‘I Create‘, and ‘Poisoned‘. Hope you enjoy them! (And to check out Hugh’s other artwork, click here)