We are what we
repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. [Aristotle]
I’ve heard this, I’ve KNOWN this to BE true, and yet I still
find myself sticking and refusing to budge.
On the other hand, when I DO wonder WHO I am, the first
place I look is at what I DO. And DO. Daily. What are my habits?! This is where
I shall always find myself when I get lost.
Yet it is in this
loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act
without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond
all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity. [Thomas Merton]
Often I have resented that I am flying solo. But I remind
myself that indeed I AM flying.
Within this flight I have discovered Solitude. I have discovered a ME I had
never imagined could BE. I continue to learn this ME unfolding herself. This is
empowering action, then, flying solo.
All growth is a leap
in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. [Henry Miller]
We never DO know, any of us, how things will take place,
what will happen, how anything will “turn out” in the ever-elusive “End” we are
so sure exists. That is Life.
I love you, Currie
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