the end is just the beginning
written on the airplane from Rochester to DC around 12:40pm, after finishing (and then re-reading a section) The Te of Piglet, finally. minimal edits here, as i lost my train of thought somewhere around the middle from some turbulence.
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Quite a while ago, I scribbled down a line I believed to be profound and fitting for my situation at the time. In my blindness [naïve-ness], I wrote, "Sometimes in the deconstruction of what might have been, you find what you were ultimately looking for."
In my head, this train of thought made perfect sense. I managed to break free of living in the "what if's" and focus on the "here and now" . . . but also sadly believed I would be content giving up on the dream I wanted as a reality. But time revealed this mindset was untrue. Yes, this dream existed only as a dream - but all dreams are rooted in reality. And giving up meant no sense of hope, an unacceptable answer.
Being aware of dreams-being-dreams, realities become enriched with hope. The future remains unwritten, full of mystery and wonder. And maybe, just maybe, the time will unexpectedly come when dreams cross over and become our reality. Without force, without effort, paths cross and stars align.
Perhaps a better line to write would be, "When we stop trying to find what we believe we want need, we may realize everything we hoped for is right where it ought to be."
Comments
Very well-written and very pretty... I like the way you think, sweets.
Yes it's 3-something in the AM and I'm up on VOX writing you a comment.
Now that we got that out the way...
I tend to like both epiphanies (if you will). I don't know.. maybe because I'm one of those people who tend to dream and sorta rely on my dreams to keep me afloat and motivated about life.. that I find the first train of thought to be refreshing and true.
With the second IS more adpt to the reality of things and it sorta goes along the lines with the sayings that go something like... your life is going just the way it is suppose to so stop tampering with it....
I'm slowly and surely learning about my own life through the second thought, However, being teh dreamer that I am... I still look to the first train of thought.
"When you wish upon a star. Makes now difference who you are...."
"...but all dreams are rooted in reality. And giving up meant no sense of hope, an unacceptable answer."
i love this.i've done a lot of soul-searching (for lack of a better term) in the last six months or so (has it really been that long?) . . . and although i may not be able to take my own advice all the time, it's moments and revelations like these that show me i'm on the right track. :)
and if i can inspire others as others have inspired me . . . well, then . . . i think life will be pretty grand.