Musings

Would your life be different now if at some major point in your journey:

1. You took another path

2. ...listened to the advice of a wise and well intentioned sage

3. ...thought seriously about outcomes

How do those possible choices conflict with 'living in the moment'

I wonder about that.

When we are, our younger selves, why don't we listen?  Or is it truly a path of self-discovery? Are all things predestined ...is there really such a thing as choice, as self-determination?

Reflecting on my own life and of those I know, the answers become less clear as time moves forward.  

On the other hand, does time really move forward or is it merely a reflection of perception?

Thoughts?

Reviews

[Hi]

This made me dizzy. I have four hands now. Are there two of me?

[Alisa Js]

lol

Maybe there are... or maybe you've just been given a peek into the parallel universe...

You never know.. Only the shadow knows for sure...

Thanks again for your time and comments...

Alisa ;-)

[A. Amos]

I have to be back to read more of your work, I can sense on your page you will only share wisdom and wit..Thank you for such a piece above

[Alisa Js]

You are quite welcome. Thank you for stopping by. I will be by soon.

alisa ;-)

[A. Amos]

You're most welcome

[Alisa Js]

Hello S,

I know what you mean. I wonder sometimes about the sanity of it all. Sometimes I wonder why I even try....

...and then, at other times, I am filled with endless gratitude at this experience and journey, called life.

;-)

[.]

:: i feel grateful that i'm alive... but i want my soul-mate to heal... at least as much as me... so, i'm constantly swimming in pools of anxiety... :P

[Alisa Js]

Be still and know that love is the answer....


...:-)

Every time

[.]

:: ah... your words are music... my favourite kind... thank you for singing in my ears, sweet alisa... that's the only answer i know... :P

[Alisa Js]

Hello P,

'Can you live with it? ' .... 'Is it enough?' ...'Reflection of perception ' .... from a sinking sun or rising moon?

Perhaps that is the question.

At what point does one stand up and shout, "I've had enough!"

Where does one draw the hypothetical line in the sand? Does one continue to include mercy and restraint in their decision, or simply step back and remove all emotional content when making a decision? Furthermore, what about consideration and understanding? How is it they seemingly don't apply when certain other life forms deliberate and yet, 'you' and I mean 'me'.... am expected to judiciously, each and every time.

What gives here?

Have I missed something along the way?

;-)

[Perdition]

No...not from where I was standing and as always it is up to you as to where and when if at all. Who else can decide? Who better to deal with the appropriate ? You are your own butterfly effect that will change a chaotic world in the end. Or would you rather be a duck? : )

[Alisa Js]

;-) I think sometimes that I would rather be a fluffy cloud swept along by these island tradewinds dancing to the tune of wonder.

Thank you for your most insightful and deeply appreciated comments.


Why do certain ones care and others don't? I wonder if when those of us who care realize pain from those who don't, are actually experiencing a reality check in the sense that those who don't, never did and those who do, may in fact project their caring ways onto those who don't.

Make sense?

I hope so.

;-)

[Perdition]

You are a fluffy cloud, first of all. Secondly..Thank you or you are most welcome! Last of all...read moreYou are a fluffy cloud, first of all. Secondly..Thank you or you are most welcome! Last of all...
Are you sure you wrote this as you mean it? Can you simplify? I understand it but I wonder if you mean it as you intended? Those who "don't" ...would they truly care if those who "do" project onto those who "don't" and if so....why? What is the sense if they do not care, to you?

[Alisa Js]

Hello again...

Yes, I meant it as written. The sense of 'them' not really caring when the one who cares projects onto 'them' in a psychological way that they do care, is a reality check for the following reason.

1.They never cared to begin with, which brings us to the next point...
2. No need to mourn the association or relationship, (especially if it involved a loved one or relative, whether by blood or marriage)

To me, it's pathetically sad and emotionally tragic when it is ultimately revealed that 'certain ones' never really cared to begin with. It was all about the benefits and had nothing to do with the heart, where true sincerity lives and breathes. I am aware that these same individuals are referred to as 'toxic', 'frenemies', 'negatrons', etc. etc. but to me, it's such a pathetic waste of time... and time is so precious.

;-)

[Alisa Js]

It is especially painful after such realizations occur... on an emotional level, I mean. On a pratical level, of course I am aware that we simply move on.

But on another level, why the charade in the first place, after all? Wouldn't it have been far more expedient to have operated from a place of sincerity and honesty from the beginning?

Questions, questions, I know... all these endless questions!

;-)

[Perdition]

Well put....Aren't they refereed to as "rat b******s"??? Just wondering. Well be the better as always and remember ..only you can change that you and make the peace where there may have never have been a peace...or was there? Eight Ball says..."ask again later" You are very giving and that is the answer. The others are merely the uncontrolled unreasonable factors...right?

[Alisa Js]

Ah yes! 'rat b******s' or 'dipsticks'

lol

I agree with your comments.
read moreAh yes! 'rat b******s' or 'dipsticks'

lol

I agree with your comments.

It is true that whenever you have a variable in the equation, the outcome is certainly to be uncertain and unpredictable at best. (notice the play on words there?)

;-)



I have learned that it is far too easy to lose yourself in others, whether it be a romantic relationship or platonic... either way, if not balanced, it's doomed.

We have long heard the importance of having those around you who celebrate you, support you and are basically on the same page, moving forward in similar directions, with compatible mindsets. I for one, have found out the hard way, what unexpected disasters can happen if you don't.

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:: thank you for this post, alisa... i constantly think about these things... especially these days...

:: if i did not listen to my heart... all the time... my life would be entirely different now... my life would not be as excruciating as it is but it would be plastic, synthetic, artificial and superficial...

:: it would not be poetic... it would be prosaic...

:: if some of my decisions were not foolish (read heartfelt) and some were intelligent (read mind controlled), then my life would be a mosaic... with somewhat poetic prose... or somewhat prosaic poetry...

:: but i love poetry... since the time i was a little girl... (in the neolithic age :P)...

[Perdition]

MAN..You're really caught up in this aren't you?...smiles. Let's see...Go and throw a stone as far out into the ocean as you possibly can and then try to retrieve it... will you then have the same or another stone stone ? Then consider as much as you will..., "Can you live with it" ?
Is it truly a different stone or is it merely that your hand and now your eyes that have altered this rock? Perhaps the coral has altered the shape or the purpose in the stone as from where it was originally placed ...Still you then decide, "Is it enough?" to have a stone or do you need the original one back? Depends on the size of the window and your wind up ability I would think. Love these musings of yours! Well done.