I
had this unexpected good fortune to stumble into a spot of time to do what I
wanted. Not that I am a slave to my
schedule or whims of my boss, just that I had an instance of liberation from my
expectation. With or without permission,
we all fall prey to planning out our day into increments of tasks; chores; and
have-to’s. Knowing as I do they are all subjective
‘must’ where I made the selection of importance and it was not under duress; but rather from
a desire to have my future vision become the real. Having written all of that, suffice to say I took opportunity by the throat and made it spew up my demands; vivid imagery
there isn’t it?
I wrote emails
to friends:
I did so with
liberty to focus my attention on the residing affection I held for each person
I addressed. So in a conversational way
I laid out the current challenges, chagrins, and obstacles in my path of making
comfortable and easy my situation. The
funny thing was, each rendition brought to light an overarching satisfaction
and appreciation to my lot in living the life I now can say without hesitation,
I enjoy. That is nowhere near saying it
is absent of conflict; in fact I feel I am constantly in the arena of argument
with some institution or another over inappropriate charges or refusal to
provide the services I paid for and now expect delivered with shiny happy faces…thank
you very much. But I am not taking it
personal; I do not see any of these issues as insulting, accusing, or
blaming. It is, just the trappings of a
complex and complicated society in which I thrive. Now it is true I sacrifice some simplicity
for this privilege; I can’t walk down to the local stream or river to get a
drink of water; yet I readily recognize I also don’t have to be concerned with my
upstream neighbor’s cows using that very same river as a toilet. My correspondence to distant endeared friends
are those of articulated challenges and struggles in much the way one would discuss
how to slay threatening dragons.
Do I
approach from the flanks? Should I sneak
up during its slumbers? Yes, I use to
have a vanquish mentality. Now, I’m a
trainer-tamer. I can use a dragon for
many useful things, if I can only devise a way to lure it to my cause; because
win or lose, the results are fleeting. Whether I am successful in my quest or I
am not is really immaterial. What does
matter to me is that I no longer place combat skills forefront on my list of premier
abilities; now the notion of dragon tamer entices my aspiration to master
magic. The useful, productive kind; much
as the marvel a farmer must feel when the crop ripens.
“Look at that life sustaining bounty”
“Look at that life sustaining bounty”
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