Sunday, February 19, 2006
Sunday Feb. 19, 2006 - Year 3, Day 335 - chosen path
-13C/9F, calm & sunny; coming back we ran as far & fast while Gusta scarcely broke into a trot
as we do every day, today we each get to choose what we do, where we go & how we react
I don’t know if it matters, really, which choice we make
every time choice presents itself, we who choose something have a much richer life than those who let the choice opportunity pass by
whether you believe everything that happens to you or around you is fated or happening for some special reason relative to your life, I will debate against you till the wee wee hours
but, I will support the notion that every choice opportunity passed is also a choice – these choices or avoidance of choices take us down our path in life
derived from so many choice points, I think the term ‘our chosen path’ fits
I find friends from many walks of life experiencing stress & angst as they struggle against the world/people who are just being as they are
whether in decline or death . . .
whether in the prime of life or the youth of life . . .
we all encounter, in the moment, immovable objects or immovable people
are they impossible challenges or just too confusing to figure out ?
at the heart of each of these is emotion – sometimes misdirected, often not - but strong emotion looking for somewhere to spend itself
this explains huge long walks, sails to nowhere particular, career & business choices that seem tangential at best, more likely evidence of wandering aimlessly – with strong emotions rolling around inside us looking for somewhere to spend itself
we are looking for someone to love – someone who will love us back just as well, just as much & in the same way without change - but they never do
we are looking for someone to love – someone who will love us back just as well, just as much & in the same way without change - but they never do
we are looking for someone to love – someone who will love us back just as well, just as much & in the same way without change - but they never do
to those who wrestle with ‘a big decision & its consequences’, my thoughts:
I’ve often found alternatives of ‘do this or that’, ‘choose right or wrong’ etc . . do not serve me well; what has helped me more than anything is something I learned in a course on decision making many years ago that ‘to do nothing’ was a very viable option but more striking was the realization for me that there were not just 3 options instead of the 2 I had always considered
Instead, there are but a million +one instead of a million
to KT & DB ..thank you both for your inspiration this morning
to KT & DB . . make many choices – proactively is better than reactively I think
to SdV & AW . . may memories & togetherness keep you strong & allow you to move on
to LH . . I believe time helps, but not a lot – moving on is your soul task
Mark
as we do every day, today we each get to choose what we do, where we go & how we react
I don’t know if it matters, really, which choice we make
every time choice presents itself, we who choose something have a much richer life than those who let the choice opportunity pass by
whether you believe everything that happens to you or around you is fated or happening for some special reason relative to your life, I will debate against you till the wee wee hours
but, I will support the notion that every choice opportunity passed is also a choice – these choices or avoidance of choices take us down our path in life
derived from so many choice points, I think the term ‘our chosen path’ fits
I find friends from many walks of life experiencing stress & angst as they struggle against the world/people who are just being as they are
whether in decline or death . . .
whether in the prime of life or the youth of life . . .
we all encounter, in the moment, immovable objects or immovable people
are they impossible challenges or just too confusing to figure out ?
at the heart of each of these is emotion – sometimes misdirected, often not - but strong emotion looking for somewhere to spend itself
this explains huge long walks, sails to nowhere particular, career & business choices that seem tangential at best, more likely evidence of wandering aimlessly – with strong emotions rolling around inside us looking for somewhere to spend itself
we are looking for someone to love – someone who will love us back just as well, just as much & in the same way without change - but they never do
we are looking for someone to love – someone who will love us back just as well, just as much & in the same way without change - but they never do
we are looking for someone to love – someone who will love us back just as well, just as much & in the same way without change - but they never do
to those who wrestle with ‘a big decision & its consequences’, my thoughts:
I’ve often found alternatives of ‘do this or that’, ‘choose right or wrong’ etc . . do not serve me well; what has helped me more than anything is something I learned in a course on decision making many years ago that ‘to do nothing’ was a very viable option but more striking was the realization for me that there were not just 3 options instead of the 2 I had always considered
Instead, there are but a million +one instead of a million
to KT & DB ..thank you both for your inspiration this morning
to KT & DB . . make many choices – proactively is better than reactively I think
to SdV & AW . . may memories & togetherness keep you strong & allow you to move on
to LH . . I believe time helps, but not a lot – moving on is your soul task
Mark
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