Wandering through the days and months I ponder all the
discoveries made. Each day in life is
born of our dreams and so many wondrous intangible things. Would that we could understand there is more
to the horizon our eyes might perceive.
This life and all of humanity is perfect even in its seeming
imperfection. We focus so much outside
ourselves, decry the misbehavior of others but what does that do in the
end? We have not the power to change
another.
As I let my mind drift through my own experiences filtered
by my useless perceptions I come to understand a thing or two. First and foremost, this life has not much to
do with how you envision or experience others living it but how you rise and
live and lead by example. We can change
the world only to the extent we are willing to change ourselves.
It takes much courage, strength, integrity and honor to open
yourself to the world at large. Humanity
can sometimes seem so cruel and if you focus there and only there, you’ll find
no shortage of horrors and tragedies.
You can engage in this world of conspiracies and evildoers creating victims
and villains in a huge wake of pain. You
can also engage in this world with great faith and knowing that you can choose
to stand and walk, live and breathe in your own light, living your own dreams
just as you truly intended.
I watch the leaves spring forth from the once bare naked
trees. Their slumber stirred by the
changing of our orbit. They return to
yet another state of growth and showing the world their true beauty. What if we are like that? What if we each have our seasons of growth
and bright beauty and then darkness and nakedness? We have our moments of moving ahead and our
moments of slowing down. Asking why with
any conviction at all is committing yourself to chasing the tail of an illusive
dragon. It is not really our place to
question why but to know we intuitively already understand but just haven’t
realized it yet. We will, I think.
© JL Harter (photo: NASA)
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