tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186657540914041953.post3632686028599911739..comments2011-01-29T12:04:12.514-08:00Comments on Into the Mystic: And when the fog horn blows I want to hear it: I don't have to fear itHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466265732291777624noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186657540914041953.post-1204109656958347382010-11-11T08:49:09.300-08:002010-11-11T08:49:09.300-08:00Moving Forward Boldly, But Quietly:
Wayne Muller ...Moving Forward Boldly, But Quietly:<br /><br />Wayne Muller (in his recent "A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough") suggests that we view important choices as fibers in a thread that winds mysteriously through the time-space tapestry of living in the world. To yank and pull on that thread, making up our minds ahead of time where it should go, abrades and constrains us. <br /><br />I really like that metaphor. For my part, I have been inclined to fear letting go. Would I do something regrettable? Shocking? Disappointing to those around me? Perhaps I would. Even so, I'm trying not to stomp on my heart anymore. That doesn't mean I act impulsively all the time. I just try to respect my small quiet voice--as a friend that I at least ought to listen to. <br /><br />To expose the soul's wanderings to others--even close others--is dangerous, I know. So I'm careful. I have some people in my life who are threatened by even modest flights of independence, like having a coffee with a friend once-a-week.<br /><br />Our stars are fading--yes. (And mine is 10 years more tarnished than yours!) Even as you feel that you are exposed and weary and jaded, you have wisdom and health and spunk and--yes--beauty. Sorry if that sounds a bit like a lecture--I am sorry for the weights pressing you down. Maybe something new will be born out of all this. Who knows? Does it console you that all our stars are fading together;) I really don't mind the thought of mingling with the dust again some day. Then from there to part of a fish scale or an aspen leaf or a grasshopper's foot;)RiverTownManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885136959281855879noreply@blogger.com