Who can you blame?
Are the feelings unjust when a decision is a matter of knowing you must find fault or favour with the ill winds of change?
It is never enough to simply rearrange plans or predicaments. It is like making a prediction of all my flaws with my faith as fractured or fragile as it is, or has been.
Far easier to see what I haven’t been doing.
03/24/2023 j.g.l.
We tire of unpredictable weather, the damp morning chill, wet socks and lost mittens. Winter keeps reminding it is not through with us.
We have suffered long enough.
The streets are tired and dirty and the time change only makes things darker in the morning.
We need a brighter view.
We need, now, the renewal that comes with spring.
03/20/2023 j.g.l.
Progress comes less from planning than participation.
Dreams and wishes require action and attention.
Start moving.
03/19/2023 j.g.l.
I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
What if today were simply today?
What if the residue of all those yesterdays had been washed (or sandblasted)
away and you were able to manage the equilibrium you often desire, but so
infrequently find. Balance takes time.
What if today you just did what you needed to do (or more) without the
struggle that routinely interferes with the best-laid plans?
Intention and progress are two different things. Only one will truly get results.
Think about it.
Intention is only thought.
Initiative involves effort.
There are a great number of yesterdays to account for, each one a step along
the path you have been creating.
This is a personal journey for each (and every one) of us.
Similarities are possible.
You should always determine your own route.
You are the one who chooses your destination, no matter how many people
can(or will) influence your direction.
It is always a decision.
At times, the instructions provided might be invaluable, yet (in so many ways)
they may have stopped you from making the choices that would have greatly
influenced your outcome.
Faults (or fluctuations) are easier to recognize in hindsight.
Do not look back on all those yesterdays. Be content with today.
Tomorrow may (or may not) offer new opportunities.
What if?
© 2021 j.g. lewis
