I read an article about Kris Kristofferson the other day. He is a singer, songwriter and actor who started in the 1960’s. The article was written in 2016 when Kristofferson was poised to turn 80 yrs old. It described how a Lyme disease diagnosis (and subsequent treatment) revived some of his memory, most of which had been lost.

What struck me in the article was how in-demand and busy Kris Kristofferson was (and presumably still is). The year the article was written he had performed two tours with Willie Nelson; collaborated on an album in Canada; starred in a new Western and was on the verge of releasing his own new album. What jumped out as I read his story is this: What creates? What creates our life?

His story makes it obvious.

Most people would say, “It’s the strength of his career (my husband said this) or country artists can have appeal for donkey’s years or it is because he’s a legend.” But how many “legends” – whatever their art form, would love to be in-demand at 80, but aren’t? At all.

It is the soul that creates.

We say the intellect and cognition are “musts” to create a career or even the circumstances of life. We believe a healthy body is a requirement.

Yet here’s a man, Kristofferson, who still has bad memory days, sometimes cannot remember if he went to the studio that morning whose career (and life) are in full-tilt. A good memory – or even a memory at all – are not mandatory for a thriving career.

It is the soul that creates. It is the Conductor. It does not need a certain type of body to do it. It does not need anything.

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