Today's Moment of Zen

Every once in a while you come across something and your struck with the thought, man I really wish I had thought of that, this quote is just such a thing for me, its from Kurt Vonnegut’s Man without a Country his final work. And it is simply breathtaking, enjoy today’s moment of Zen:

“If you want to really annoy your parents and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”