Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You
spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape
it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you
going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. [John Green, Looking for Alaska]
It’s obvious to pretty much everyone that we DO live for
tomorrow and base that on yesterday. We are all so well-honed in this practise
that when we have to BE Present Right Here and Right Now, it’s a struggle, like
drawing with our wrong hand.
I am learning, slowly, and perhaps too late in my own game,
to marinate in each day and let its juice permeate me. It’s still a stretch and
I catch myself BEing in a hurry far too much, yet little by slowly I am coming
round.
At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it
hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.
[John Green, Looking for Alaska]
Sometimes Life is like pulling off the Band-Aid. There is
that moment of hesitation and fear, then the decision, and finally, the pulling
off. So much [too much??!] thinking goes into it. Afterward it can feel like
you are in a strange place. Alone.
I love you, Currie
3 comments:
I acknowledge that, i too have to work hard to be present here and now especially when life is challenging but i made it my main goal in this life and well, i will see where it leads me.
Best thoughts to you Currie.
Love your pieces from this week. Sorry I have been missing in action...over worked myself over the weekend and have been experiencing a lot of pain and fatigue. I know better but I always seem to test my limits :) My ice pack and my heating pad are companions of choice this week along with a box of Kleenex cause the allergies are protesting something too. If it's not one thing it's another and Life is GRAND ♥ Sending love ♥
Love the colors on this piece
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