Musing

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

-20C/-3F, clear, cold, breeze from the north bites, provides facial stimulation; walking around the lagoon without Gusta seemed surreal, no need to wait while she sniffs and explores every familiar spot - horizon waking, it’s powder blue leaking into black

poet knows timing, rhyming and pace – knows phrase and rising and falling from grace; but what value there is to saying something that rolls easily off the tongue?

that hinges on whether we really see someone or if we just look right on through, when it does not provide a basis for learning something valuable, what is the point? we make these little investments of time each day, but I wonder about their value

I greet people ‘hi, how are you?’; so often the greeting, to show interest and be polite, but without empathy, without really wanting to know HOW someone is, looking for that greeting to be returned - with a smile or nod and saying ‘hi, how are you?’ - often that’s it, not exchanging much, both parties relieved it seems – but both getting little value from the exchange, getting a return on that which was invested, virtually nothing returned, virtually nothing invested; if greetings shifted from ‘who are you, really – if you have some time, please tell me?’ or ‘yes, I really want to know’, I wonder if we might do more good, spread a more upbeat and valuable message

communicating – serious matters or lightest ones – ought to be about substance, but too often habituated style gets in the way, old ideas, past assumptions - they muddy the water, prevent seeing in or through anything – ‘seeing it through’, a style, ‘seeing through it’ implies understanding without much care about style; looking in, seeing through - understanding often right there, standing by’ but we miss key points, I know I do

I’m going to try: ‘hi, nice to see you, do you have a few minutes to invest in catching up?’; it may take me a little longer to get through some days but I look forward to better returns on time invested

Mark Kolke
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