I try to use the extra years I have to put some perspective into my life. I have experienced so many things at least once that very little is ever really a surprise anymore. I stand like the old cliffs along the Colorado river, knowing that it will take a great deal to finish eroding what is left of me and in the mean time I am still pretty strong.
Not only is there strength here, but there is also a certain amount of wisdom and that wisdom tells me to hold fast, to wait, to endure the moment so that the future can be more than the present.
Neediness, lusting after out comes, trying to manipulate, or organize some things is really pointless. Most things happen in their own time. Allowing the river to carve its own banks, allows room for the water to find its own way. Without all the dams maybe there won't be so much flooding.
Even the Chinook is here for a purpose. Not knowing what it is, does not give me the right to try and control it.
Yet, there is an older wisdom than me that says ask and ye shall receive, so I do ask. I ask for understanding and patience. I ask for faith that the right thing will happen and if I am to be part of it, I will find that too.
Doing not doing is often the hardest thing of all, but throw water on a grease fire and all hell will break loose.
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