Musing

today’s Musing written and published from south Calgary, near Fish Creek Park

7C/44F (high 16C). pink/grey/majenta/blue haze wall of cloud in the east, full moon in the west; we walked the ridge path and came back through a neighborhood park where mom and twins (white-tail deer) were browsing someone’s fresh landscaping; I love deerskin gloves and slippers but I like it even better when it rides on split-hooves

can you guess the century, author, place or time . .or does it matter which was written by Baruch, Spinoza, Mario Andretti, Neil Gaiman, Kahlil Gibran, Napoleon Hill, Mark Kolke, Ayn Rand, Confucius, William Blake? it is so easy to look up a quote – to google that which captures a mood, sentiment or point set down by gifted wordsmiths, to find something from a simpler time, to rely on some thought or galvanizing idea that stood time’s test as I seek clarity amid the pace that confronts me daily

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”

“Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.”

“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”

“But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize. Their hearts desire, their dream . . . But the price of getting what you want is getting what you once wanted.”

“Fearlessly, shamelessly, beautifully, desire exhibits deeply rooted drive, pushes aside deeply rooted fear, exposes secrets, puts vulnerability on display.”

“A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it, action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.”

“Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they are not possessed.”

“Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”

“Desire is the very essence of man.”

relevance of words, points of view - each written for some purpose at some time, these are not fundamental truths, or perhaps they are; there is no law of physics or mathematics to prove it; most of us would, I imagine, view these words through a lens; as felt by you - as felt by me, the quote as a singular sight to view rather than individual words to read gives us a picture of what someone said rather than a text of their thoughts - or both, to be picked apart or viewed whole . . whatever you desire, desire it - whatever you desire have it - whatever you desire reach out and grab it

Mark Kolke
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