Thursday, October 27, 2005
Hello Oasis of Palms
To be thankful....
Everytime I walk through my day wondering what I will come upon enough to feel inspired to write, I think of little subplots, keywords and sentances that get scribbled onto my academic journal. There is no one place for these blotted ideas so they blend into my work. The only way there would be hope that I could find them is that I tend to write the words that hold great ideas (oor seemingly so) in finer, more pronounced penmanship. So this morning, while flipping through the Philosophy section of my notes, inscribed next to Descartes ideas on God and the Meno's understanding of self, I found a handful of blogger words. The list goes as follows:
greed
self-oriented style
deforestation occupation
infinity
living under but attempting over
frustration with imposed morality
moralities frustration with me
incompitance of people
dogs
fog this morning
epiphany of center
And although each word jogs a train of thought long and heavy enough to kill a pack of elephants, I for once, am deciding not to. And do you know why? Because writting more about the yang to the yin of life is only helpful on rare occasions. How often do we need more negative analysis? Do I really want to focus my energy and then read ideas regaurding the demise of my daily interactions? No. There is way too much to be thankful for that I pass over with a critical eye, never embracing. Above all, I need to be more gracious and thankful for everything. The bad, the good, the world, the hate, the greed, even the pure evil because out of it will come something that helps me develope and grow. So why not focus on the brilliant, the beautiful, look for the lovely so that they influence me, I will see it and be grateful. Harder to do than it looks. Off i go!! ¶ 9:01 AM
Everytime I walk through my day wondering what I will come upon enough to feel inspired to write, I think of little subplots, keywords and sentances that get scribbled onto my academic journal. There is no one place for these blotted ideas so they blend into my work. The only way there would be hope that I could find them is that I tend to write the words that hold great ideas (oor seemingly so) in finer, more pronounced penmanship. So this morning, while flipping through the Philosophy section of my notes, inscribed next to Descartes ideas on God and the Meno's understanding of self, I found a handful of blogger words. The list goes as follows:
greed
self-oriented style
deforestation occupation
infinity
living under but attempting over
frustration with imposed morality
moralities frustration with me
incompitance of people
dogs
fog this morning
epiphany of center
And although each word jogs a train of thought long and heavy enough to kill a pack of elephants, I for once, am deciding not to. And do you know why? Because writting more about the yang to the yin of life is only helpful on rare occasions. How often do we need more negative analysis? Do I really want to focus my energy and then read ideas regaurding the demise of my daily interactions? No. There is way too much to be thankful for that I pass over with a critical eye, never embracing. Above all, I need to be more gracious and thankful for everything. The bad, the good, the world, the hate, the greed, even the pure evil because out of it will come something that helps me develope and grow. So why not focus on the brilliant, the beautiful, look for the lovely so that they influence me, I will see it and be grateful. Harder to do than it looks. Off i go!! ¶ 9:01 AM
