Monday, February 29, 2016

Mysteries of Life

(This past month I took a journaling class.  While most journaling is private, I am sharing one piece here.)

On the Threshold of a Dream. . . Ah. . . The Moody Blues.  I’m sitting on the couch sipping Good Earth tea and listening to an old record album.  “We decide which is right and which is an illusion.”  This delights me as much as it did when I was in my early twenties—40 years ago!  Music can take you back in time.  This does not so much bring back memories of life in the dorms but feelings—feelings of exploration and wondering about the mysteries of life.  I’m still doing that. . . but it’s different.  I was at the beginning of my adult life, tasting freedom for the first time.  Now I’m a mature woman.  What’s changed?  Did I believe that I would have a lot of the mysteries of life figured out by now?  I don’t remember.  I know at this point that they will remain mysteries.  And that’s okay.  That doesn’t stop me from asking questions and speculating about what the answers might be.


Written on 2/5/2016


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