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I've been thinking a lot about life lately. This entry has been ruminating in my mind for a week, and suddenly a few questions popped into my head. Why is life so hard? What makes us struggle through so much of our daily lives?
I think it has something to do with uncertainty and randomness, something with which we in this country are REALLY uncomfortable. Probably because we don't know how to believe in a couple of relatively simple concepts:
Life is not linear....
start to finish
beginning to end
Life is not dualistic....
good or bad
right or wrong
Life is multi-dimensional...
what we believe is the finish line is often the start line.
what we think is an ending is usually a beginning.
what we judge as good can sometimes be bad.
what we deem as right can often be wrong.
So. What. Now?
Just BE.
Quit waiting for the end and the new beginning.
Quit judging.
Just BE.
Just BE o.k. with who we are.
Just BE o.k. with what life hands us.
Just BE.
Quit conjugating the verbs "have" "want" "need" "do"
and
just
BE.
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Carla:
I love this writing. Truly. You are so right about our society being uncomfortable with randomness. The ironic thing is, everything about our lives and environment is random! Everyone tries to put things in order, to control things. Nothing can be controlled. When people try to put things in 'linear' terms, they miss the beauty of snowflakes, the joy of spontaneous laughter, the value of true friends. I love you and your perspective. Marry me?
Tess
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