Showing posts with label Knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knowledge. Show all posts

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Lost And Found

Having a child has many astounding affects on many people. If it does one thing to everybody though it's this. The searching. The sudden realization to stop, pause life, reflect, gather and contemplate. To go over the things in your life which you know or have learned thus far and simply....ponder. It's interesting to me today that, that very thing is the reason I started this blog. To ponder. Life, the ins, outs, complexities and oddities. To share the joy I take in finding the quirks. Here I am now, being brought through so much more to ponder. Maybe that just confirms that I was on the right path all along. So, I am here to share. These are the thoughts that have been racing lately. The lost and found moments of recent if you will....

Finding a beautiful moment in time. Occasionally in my life I have found myself struck by these absolutely amazing moments. Never when I expect them, but always when I seem to most need them. I get lost in myself sometimes. We all do. Caught up in the everyday junk. Caught up in the sadness's and pessimism's of life and not being grateful or simply not understanding why we face so many challenges. For me though, when that moment hits. That peace finally arises it makes all the other stuff worth it. The small stuff is truly what matters for me. I found a moment this evening. I have been sad, confused, madly in love, blessed, happy and strangely wonderful lately. I sit here this afternoon though. A beautiful inspiring moment having landed in my lap when I needed it most. Sia is playing in the background, candles are lit and the smell is intoxicating. The sun glimmers little bits of light through the trees surrounding my cozy space. The wind is blowing just a slight breeze, kissing everything lightly as it passes, the leaves rustling and a slight chill in the air. A moment of pure peace to reflect. I love these moments.

A donut can cure most hungry ills, and three cold chocolate donuts in a matter of two hours can even cure a pregnant woman's ills!

A lesson learned by expansion. I recently reinforced in a friend, a valuable lesson that was told to me when becoming a parent the first time around. A lesson that is simple enough. Sometimes however we need reminding. "It is always harder to be a good parent." I have always only thought of this lesson so blatantly in this context. Parenting. How naive of me. Fact is, it's is harder to do anything the right way. That's what gives the feelings of success though. The getting through it. I know its not easy to do the right things in life. It is worth it, but not easy. In reminding my friend of this, I reminded myself. Funny how that works.

Who remembers Nell?? The movie Nell. That woman was free. With the fear of sounding half witted over here. I have those moments when all I want to do is throw my hands in the air and dance around half hazard without any inhibition.

At some moment we are all our parents aren't we? If that's not a lesson in parenting then I don't know what is.

An angst filled love with fate. Dear Lord, life has shown me a tough path at certain turns in the road. I have days when all I want to do is fall to pieces and cry from the tiredness that takes over my body. In these moments I ask repeatedly, screaming, "why" I just want to see. Praying "God just give me the strength." I always pull through. The pieces always come together and the beautiful twisted story of events that lies behind is always, always an incredulous moment in my life that leads to such knowledge that at times it feels I may not be able to carry it all around. I may topple. I feel so blessed. Blessed to have made it through the tragedies that have struck so that I can realize and appreciate even the hard times.

The deep is just that. Deep. Life is so amazingly beautiful!

Monday, April 6, 2009

We've Made It So Far

Rafe sent me this video recently. It's so incredible when you sit back and look at the big picture of how we evolve as a society. How far we've come at this point. After this video the thought that kept running through my mind, or question rather, is this: Are we better off with all of the modern tools or with simplicity? It's noted in the video that we know today so much more than even shakespeare. Yet, even today we study his works in literature and revel in the insights. On another note though, if we are this evolved and truly can process the multitudes of information in our everyday lives that is thrown at us then what exactly is ignorance? Even the most ignorant beings are still intelligent in a sense....compared to the past. So ignorance is relevant to the surrounding circumstances. Anyhow, watch the video. It's interesting to say the least and will give you something to ponder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Do I Prefer?

I'm realizing that it's much easier for some people to know what they like and don't like. For others, like myself, we need to experience an emotion with an event before being able to form an opinion. I feel like some people just....know...what they want out of life. So matter of fact. With no regrets or questioning. I am not one of those people. At times I think it may be easier to be that way but then again. If I were, then years from now when I'm a grandmother telling stories over and over again because I can't remember which stories I've already told. Hopefully my listeners won't get quite as bored because I have many more stories, experiences to pull from. I learn the hard way.....by going through it and not just tiptoeing around it. I'm confident that there are many others in my boat........so for those of you passengers sloshing along with me......I hope you enjoy this blog as I figure out my perspective and preferences in life.