“No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s own culture but within oneself… 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 a leaning into the light.”
Barry Lopez
“When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.”
Albert Einstein
I honestly sometimes forget that I am always changing and growing. There have been days in the recent past where I thought “I’ve worked it out, I know who I am now and I know where I’m going” and then there are days like today when I think “I only know a few things about myself and where I’m headed isn’t one of them.” I forget to consider that my thoughts and feelings will change from day to day and that I won’t always feel as secure as I have recently. I need to learn how to be fine with that because it’ll always be that way. I need to learn how to be okay with the fact that some days are gonna be days where I wonder if it’s worth it and some days it’ll be smooth sailing and that those feelings will likely never occur on the same day.
