Yesterday I gained some valuable insights into my preferences. I was speaking to Ingrid about why we do what we do. You know, why we respond to our parents the way we do, or processing our disappointments, or gossiping, ect. Then I decided to mix up my routine by going biking rather than speed walking and realized that by simply changing one pattern can offer new excitement by challenging new thinking. I realized that we are all doing the best we can. I think of humanity as "walking wounded". The idea that we all have issues that we mostly keep secret and don't talk about. Especially our fears and disappointments. When my friend Noel arrived in the afternoon, we continued on this theme. I've been processing my place in this life for some months now and have really come to understand that I am to promote healing. First my own, and my family. Preserving, protecting, and promoting. Then those around me. To love unconditionally. We really are all "walking wounded" in one way or many ways. Through love, I am living the life God created me to live. Love heals wounded people. I think that's all that most people long for anyway.
Anyway, these are a few of things I considered on Saturday.
Jack Kerouac - “I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
Joe, Thanks for putting yourself out there like that with such deep thoughts and self evaluation. It's rare to find individuals who even contemplate such ideas, much less who will share them. Keep sharing, it's helpful and inspiring to those of us who crave such dialog in our own lives, but don't have an Ingrid who understands why conversations like that are what feeds the soul.
Posted by: Karen | November 18, 2007 at 07:14 PM
Thanks so much for the encouragement Karen. It's comments like yours that keep me going:) -Joe
Posted by: Joe Photo | November 18, 2007 at 11:16 PM