If you have ever started a business, I suspect you understand what it means to bootstrap your company. It’s a way for entrepreneurs and small business owners to invest minimally, rely on their own sweat equity and minimal staff to get things going. It’s great at first, especially when you are trying to prove your business model.

If you are a health-conscious individual, you are probably plugged into any number of services that assist you with diet, exercise and treating common ailments. I exercise and monitor my diet as part of my daily discipline, which includes also mental and spiritual components – in other words, I work my whole being: mind, body and soul.

“Art Isn’t Easy“ comes from the Stephen Sondheim musical, “Sunday in the Park with George” and his words resonate with me now more than ever.

Composer John Rutter made this statement in an interview with music publisher J.W. Pepper and I couldn’t agree more. In fact, I feel he’s on to something quite important: you discover the fullness of life when you sing.