15 November 2007
Something from April...
)Published on November 15th, 2007 @ 04:53:44 am, using 230 words, 45 views
…that sounds like good advice but that I could never follow…
Note to self:
Hold your horses.
There’s so much to be savored in the slowness of discovery. There are so many promising moments in store – moments you will into existence and others… even better ones that take you completely by surprise. There may be a feast at the end of drawing something out.
Hold your water.
Stick with the present. The present is supposed to be your gravity. It’s supposed to give your legs purpose. Remember the present requires complete devotion. Complete devotion requires fidelity. Fidelity requires turning down the advances of past and future.
Hold your breath.
Go under water. Open your eyes. Look around. Enjoy that watered down view. Wait. Relish waiting. Be patient. Trust that everything that is meant to happen will happen. You will breathe again - as soon as you decide it’s time. Surfacing is easy enough.
And remember:
- The Past can dishearten you. It can fill you with pessimism and overt caution.
- The Future can make you giddy and hyper – it can make you want to jump ahead of yourself.
(They both have it in them to flatten you.)
- And the Present… well, the present is your gravity.
This post is the creative work of Iris Watts Hirideyo and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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