I don’t know what the point is to life, but in the early quiet and the softness of the morning, I am at peace with not knowing.
Gabriel Andreas, @storypeople, Facebook, July 29 2020
Notes:
DK Photo, November 6, 2023 at 6:00 am. More photos from this morning’s walk here. Quote Source: Jules of Nature
Live & Learn 
And maybe therein is the answer – to ‘be’ in the moment rather than anticipating the next…
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“The point is to ‘be’ in it, not to examine it.”
— Helen Garner, One Day I’ll Remember This: Diaries 1987–1995 (Text Publishing Company, October 12, 2021)
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Ok, now I’m embarrassed…nothing like stating the obvious
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I would disagree. If it is so obvious, then why am I and millions of others struggling with it.
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… And I am one of the millions as well.
Mimi: thanks so much for your comment! It was brilliant, and I desperately needed to be reminded of “living in the present moment” (which I constantly forget. I need to start meditating again!)
“Living in the present moment” is a fundamental (but very elusive) concept that is SO easily forgotten as we go about our daily activities. I have not (yet) read the book Dave references, and your comment came at the perfect time for me! Again, thank you so much!
Dave: absolutely wonderful photo!!
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Thanks Paul.
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Thank you, Paul!!
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I totally missed this – a delayed thank you tho’ no less sincere… and reminders – even if a bit hyperbolic – can be a reminder when we find ourself running from ‘have tos’ and ‘musts’…at the least we can pause and look around for however long it takes to get to the present…
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Mimi wrote: “…can be a reminder when we find ourself running from ‘have tos’ and ‘musts’…at the least we can pause and look around for however long it takes to get to the present…”.
ANOTHER “pearl of wisdom“ from Mimi… :-).
… which came at the perfect time for Paul!
Hi Mimi :-). I must say THANK YOU once again! Because right at the time I came across this reply from you, I was doing exactly what you described here: I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by my “to do list“ today, and your comment has reminded me to take a breath, pause, and look around!
These kinds of little miracles leave me amazed!
I hope you’re having a lovely day Mimi!!
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I’m so happy that my timing was so good – or at least serendipitous! Thank you for the smile!!!
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Even us garden variety neurotics know it, we just find the advice challenging…and thank you for giving me a pass…
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Please see my comment below Mimi 🙂
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Just found Helen Garner’s book on audible and listened to the “sample”. I think I’m hooked lol.
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Just finished her third volume.
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That wasn’t a “pass” Mimi, that was me speaking honestly. No pass needed!
PS: “garden-variety neurotics”. LOVE that phrase lol. That definitely sounds like me! 🙂
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I anticipate much wisdom in these books Dave… My only concern is that because the author is sharing her life, there are going to be “dark times” described in (I assume) a reasonably detailed fashion.
I hesitate to read anything potentially depressing at the moment. The state of the world in general is already giving me more “negativity” than I can cope with. (Sometimes I just have to stick my head in the sand and stop watching the news!) Perhaps I can compensate by reading these books a little at a time.
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Oh, I agree Paul. I might take a pause on these diaries. She’s a talent but a grinder with no shortage of self doubt.
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Amen!
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Yes!
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Beautiful, as always .. and inspiring!!! ….. FYI: reblogging it still an awful pain!!! 😦
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So Glad! Thanks!!!!
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My motto is “I know nothing!” who said that?
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Captain Schultz on Hogan’s Heroes!!!!
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Gee, you know everything.
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No. Mostly just Hogan’s Heroes!
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“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains.”
-Alan
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He sure does!!!!
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amen, brother.
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Yes. Thank you.
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I agree. We don’t need to overthink everything.
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And yet it is so very hard not to turn and turn the same earth.
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Haha. You sound like an author, rewriting and rewriting and rewriting.
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So beautiful photograph and quotes too. Thank you dear David, have a nice day, Love, nia
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Thank you Nia.
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