Leaning into the light
"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light."
- Barry Lopez
As the days wear on, I begin to realise a most antagonising deficiency in the mentality of most, save few of us students who drag ourselves through the daily doldrums of life- which at our current phase, is simply, school.
This revelation, is in no uncertain way, derivative of a choleric mind plagued by an unrelenting melancholy.
There is no melancholy to the most ardent choleric like the presence of delectable prospects that are inaccessible only because of lacking mental dexterity.
To put it simply, I realise that unlike what I have previously conceived, the greatest thing that holds us back from our dreams is not so much our physical limitations, but the lack of mental strength.
Focus is the key.
Time and effort, like a pack of horses, can only attain the pinnacle of their true potential, with reins to bind them to a single, concerted direction.
2008 may just be another year of surprise with this new revelation.
"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light."
- Barry Lopez
As the days wear on, I begin to realise a most antagonising deficiency in the mentality of most, save few of us students who drag ourselves through the daily doldrums of life- which at our current phase, is simply, school.
This revelation, is in no uncertain way, derivative of a choleric mind plagued by an unrelenting melancholy.
There is no melancholy to the most ardent choleric like the presence of delectable prospects that are inaccessible only because of lacking mental dexterity.
To put it simply, I realise that unlike what I have previously conceived, the greatest thing that holds us back from our dreams is not so much our physical limitations, but the lack of mental strength.
Focus is the key.
Time and effort, like a pack of horses, can only attain the pinnacle of their true potential, with reins to bind them to a single, concerted direction.
2008 may just be another year of surprise with this new revelation.
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
- Abraham Lincoln
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