Are we in search of diversions? Sometimes I think of how fast society is moving and living in a larger city now it takes so much time to do things. I had the opportunity to talk to a friend of mine that was mentioning this with me and as I see it we are so caught up in things that don’t become apart of us. A comparable is that we don’t do things that we have something from which to contain and keep. It’s all contain outside of our inner self rather than becoming apart of what we are. I am not entirely sure if this is coming across correctly.
I am not that old at least I don’t believe so but in the past few months I have seen so much with some friends that have gone through struggles after an aftermath of loss. Not loss of a loved one but a loss of many material things in which image seemed to be the mandatory need.
Vanity is what it is. Positioning is what it is. But perhaps people that lived in a simple life and manner much like our grandparents and as well are own folks - lived life in a much different way. Why are we hear and why do we write. Obviously, it’s a means of community and as well substance that has some means to an end. I myself have seen this happen and have been inspired by some of the people I have met.
Where do we go in the next ten years? I am not sure. It’s different for each one of us. Life is complicated but are we the makers of our own complications at times? For myself in the last 6 months I have seen so many things - more than I ever imagined to take place within such a period of time.
I suppose I am hitting on some areas that are true inner thoughts with regards to life. Just mere thoughts...
i think people are changing as a result of the rapidly changing world..
ReplyDeleteI feel the same. But where are we going to. Society never has gone backwards. It has always gone forwards. So in some manner what are we doing and what all sparked this on. As it seems that we have seen more happen in the last five years than we have when looking back at any other time.
ReplyDeletei am wondering too. i have no idea.
ReplyDeletei don't even know what age we are in right now.
it seems to me that the world order is messed up.
i only place my future in the one who holds it..the Lord..
we just can't be worried for what is going to happen...there are too many..
And some means of community?
ReplyDeleteI agree with u...I believe we are the makers of our own complicated life because we have this addiction to the the drama of life...
ReplyDeleteSomehow...we believe...with all these drama in life...our life becomes more meaningful and alive...and give us the purpose in this life...
And we wonder why...
We do ponder. We have pondered it since the dawn of mankind. Why is one word that has always conjured up thought and reason.
ReplyDeleteThere is never a perfect answer or thought there are just thoughts that we come to find in our own way through life and what takes place in life.
G'dy Jack,
ReplyDelete“Why are we hear and why do we write. Obviously, it’s a means of community and as well substance that has some means to an end”
Ask this question to 100 people & you could expect 100 totally different reasons.
It is a more comfortable, noncommittal, accepting community with anonymity if required, which allows a total freedom of expression without the worry of having to explain or justify oneself.
Wendy there is something to what your saying. As I think to myself how close people are and what is worth in life these days. I am not sure on what is worth. But I do believe that we have lived within fast times and I am no snail here. I was going to head to see my folks tomorrow but I reframed as I have a few things to do. I will go and look at something and I will ask myself three times how much do I need this. On the third time if I feel the rate of return is worth it - I will do it. Sometimes it takes learning lessons in life by means of something that has gone wrong and in some manner it makes for a more mature understanding person.
ReplyDeleteWhere do we go in the next five years? I am not sure of that, I live each day as it comes. That is living in what can be. One step at a time.
Oh Jack,
ReplyDeleteYou sound like me in a purchase decision, if the purchase is for me as in I will benefit most from it I procrastinate over it as in a want against need scenario, have actually gone with want until I get to the store & then for some silly reason hesitate & convince myself that it is not worth spending that sort of money & walk away. On therare occasion I have actually made the purchase it sits on the spare table for sometimes weeks, for to use it makes me feel shy for some reason & while still untouched it is new, Bet Sigmund Freud would have fun with it this one lol As for the next 5 years, heavens I can't see past my Dentist appointment tomorrow
Sometimes we take our time, and at others we rush. however in other situations, we should act and we do not seem to be able to take the plunge. Where is the balance? Personal choices I suppose. As long as you please yourself, and follow your own pace, I suppose that is what is important. Enjoy the week Jack, and thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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