It makes me wonder, Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or forget things? Do we spend most of our time running towards or away from our lives? I don’t know.
—Markus Zusak
Painting by Erica Hopper via christinasanantonio. Bio for Markus Zusak
i love the painting, david. i think the goal is to live life in the now, rather than running towards or away from it.
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I love the painting too Beth. And the poem still has me thinking…
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Great question – and for me, the answer changes every time I ask.
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Smiling, me too Mimi
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Something to think about. Living the best life now. Can look back with thankfulness and ahead with faith and hope.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Great perspective Francine.
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Both, I think, that’s why we miss so much (or, at least, I do).
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I agree…and most times I don’t think we can help ourselves…
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miss so much and look forward (hope), yes.
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David, great words that provoke thought. Many times the direction one is running or even just moving toward is a subjective view from someone other than yourself. So we are always running in a direction that we feel we need to run. The problem that can occur is that we are all influenced by everthing around us. Good or bad it is still an influence. The key is to learn to look beyond these influences, use our mind analyzing these influences and determine for ourself the direction we want to run in.
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Bill, thank you. Your thoughtful insights remind me of a passage by Karr & Wood (w Credit to Make Believe Boutique for sharing):
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Thanks David, I enjoyed the way this expressed how we let ourselves become an obstacle to our own awareness and understanding.
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Great post, David. I really identified with many of the thoughts of your readers above, and I also believe that we are often influenced by what is around us and we chose whether to run towards or away from our lives based on those influences. Choosing what we decide to do should be our choice, whether we run towards, or run away, or live in the now as beth has alluded to. Extremely thought provoking …
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Yes Keith. I agree. Thank you. I shared a passage from a book in my response to Bill’s comment above that had similar insights as you share.
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As others have said, it depends on the day. Today I’m running away…in fact, I’m sprinting…
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Well, then, enjoy the sprint!
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This is a brain teaser. I believe it is best to live in the day (the moments we have). However there are many lessons learned in the past that slip away without remembering. I suppose that to some extent we must be able to separate the incident from the experience of learning.
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I thought the same Marie. Wondered for some time if not doing both was possible.
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Good question…and I think I spend my days doing a little bit of both.
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Forward motion friend. Forward motion.
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Like cheese and wine…so perfectly paired, and with a finish that lasts…I will be thinking on this…
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Awwww, thank you Bonnie, for me too….
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Oh yes, so well said Bonnie!
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It’s magnificent. I’m not sure of my answers may be because it’s more like I have been running away from something…
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All of us to some degree
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