Sunday, December 12, 2004

Good night for now...

I worked a tenacious day. The accumulation of worked days without taking a day off has made me a bit more irascible. But by the end of tonight, anger burned through my veins. I am calmed now, listening to music, already bathed, in the dark, anxiety levels dropping. I thought it was possible to control your anger, explode in laughter, exercise some distance. How simple it seems to us now to light a match, tie our shoes, fully absorb the essence of this moment in engaged in activities that took years of our lives to master. The art of walking, the social ranks and hierarchies, the pursuit of excellence, the joy of leisure, reading these words. Almost everything in which we take part has been a mastered role; taking years like a seed breaking the ground underneath with its roots, defying gravity in its ascendence, proliferating into innsectivorous plants, branches, autumn leaves, and ripe fruits full of seed. Nature is only predistinated in its confabulation with life. We master our universal illusions yet still are prey to our passions. We could get better at anything except when it came to our emotions. I do believe we can master them as well as we dominate most aspects of our lives. It’s not to say that the experience of anger, attraction, rejection, etc, won’t affect us anymore. It only means we handle it more effectively and put it under control promptly with a conscious effort to which in time we’ll habituate to. We get better at anything we put our minds to. Now it’s time to go to sleep because tomorrow there is a long day ahead. I need some rest. There’ll be time for other witty arguments. Good night.

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