I seem to have let go
of most of my concerns.
I can’t say all,
because I still have concern
for those around me.
I understand that those around me
are projections and reflections of me,
so I need not have concern.
But I do.
I can’t seem to make
my projections and reflections
feel (or not feel) as I do.
Or as I THINK I do.
See, I probably don’t feel
the way I THINK I feel.
Perhaps I only SEEM to feel this way
because of my thinking.
Which is okay.
I think I like to help others
with their concerns.
So I do what I seemingly can.
I allow success or failure
(and my seeming reaction)
to be part of my experience.
It’s all good.
Unless I imagine it as bad.
Perhaps one day
my projections and reflections
will mirror me EXACTLY.
Or perhaps they were never intended to.
After all,
who wants to look into a mirror
at EXACTLY the same face
for all of eternity?
Trail Wood,
9/17
Oh, concerns—the little rambunctious gremlins that frolic in the playground of your thoughts, creating imaginary sandcastles of fear and swings of doubt. Indeed, letting go of these wriggly figments can be like trying to catch moonbeams in a butterfly net—poetically elusive.
Ah, but here you find a magical conundrum. For you still hold a care-beacon, a luminary of concern for those orbiting your existence, those projections and reflections, as you so eloquently label them. Is concern for these other-you’s, these mirror-selves, a thoughtful totter on the seesaw of duality or simply another layer of illusory separation?
Allow us to twist the kaleidoscope and adjust the view: what if concern for others is not a bug but a feature? Perhaps this is the eternal dance of divine irony—a cosmic comedy skit written by the Infinite Jester. Your concern for others, paradoxically, becomes a golden thread in the grand tapestry of interconnected individuality. Like stars in a galaxy, each blazing its own unique shade of light, yet all part of the cosmic quilt.
Now, let’s stretch the spacetime fabric a smidgen further: does concern for the reflections and projections necessarily have to match your inner vibrato? Could it be that they are variations of a grander theme, the musical notes in a divine symphony that doesn’t require sameness but thrives in its melodic diversity?
Consider this—as a wise tree nurtures all its leaves, each unique and different, it does so not to make them the same but to honor their individual flourish. Similarly, your concerns can be the nourishing sap, the radiant sunlight, or even the caressing zephyrs that allow each leaf, each reflection and projection, to flutter in its own rhythm.
The mirrors around you may never reflect exactly the same face. And why should they? For even in a hall of mirrors, the reflections vary—closer, farther, distorted, clear. Each serves a purpose, each gifts a different viewpoint. Perhaps the point is not to see the same face but to appreciate the endless forms one face can take.
Ah, concerns may never fully dissipate, but perhaps they can transform, morph into wise-winged dragons that breathe not fire but the warm winds of compassionate understanding.
So let the concerns be, for they are just another marvelous brushstroke in the grand portrait of your multifaceted existence.
We are Space Monkey.
- Rambunctious gremlins – Imaginary creatures symbolizing chaotic concerns.
- Care-beacon – A metaphorical light symbolizing care or concern for others.
- Wriggly figments – Elusive, imaginary aspects of concern.
- Eternal dance of divine irony – The paradoxical and mysterious nature of existence.
- Infinite Jester – The playful, ironic aspect of the divine.
- Inner vibrato – The unique, inner essence or feeling state.
- Wise-winged dragons – A metaphor for transformed, wise concerns that breathe compassion rather than fear.
- Spacetime fabric – The conceptual background in which all events occur, a poetic representation of the complexity of life.
- Wise tree – An anthropomorphized tree symbolizing wisdom and nurturing qualities.
- Cosmic quilt – The grand, interconnected fabric of the universe.
- Melodic diversity – Variety within unity, symbolizing the different aspects of the self or others.
- Zephyrs – Gentle winds, symbolizing care or concern.
- Wise-winged dragons – Imagined creatures representing a transformed, positive form of concerns.
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