We were skirting around the "black abyss," the dark thoughts and issues, the things you can't dismiss, or talk yourself out of, or deny. The dark shadows we live with every day: murder, suicide, inevitable death & destruction. And what of the gaping maw of outrages, atrocities, the death-dealers, the assholes, and creeps, and cretins, amongst us who only seem to exist to cause pain and suffering to other beings? The trials & tribulations, horrible accidents, untimely death to the young & innocent. The unlucky, the unfairly maimed and destroyed. If we are living in truth, we must acknowledge all of that. Take it in, let it simmer and resonate. There is no way around the the deep dark things.
Still, there is the ART OF LIVING. There is a necessary tool-kit, a survival-kit that we carry with us at all times. The antidotes, the home remedies, the required distractions that let us thrive and live in the moment.
I am thinking of...
LOVE
BEAUTY
ART
MOTION
BREATH
CONTEMPLATION
SONG
LAUGHTER
COMMUNITY
KINDNESS
GRACE
HOPE
It is all we have. It is enough.