October 2, 2018, Prescott-
Each of us has a wish list.
Each of us has a need list.
There are those who fancy themselves
as being totally ignored,
even if the people supposedly ignoring
have more than just the aggrieved party
on their plates.
I blame the ignored one’s parents,
in part, because mine considered it
their bounden duty to teach us
that there are two kinds of people
in the world:
Some are sponges,
who absorb all the hurt and pain
that comes their way,
until they can take no more.
Then, it all gets squeezed out,
flowing all over everything,
and everyone,
without any direction or purpose.
Some are rocks,
who absorb a measure of that pain and suffering,
but let the rest flow where it may,
usually downhill.
I have been a bit of both,
over the years.
The sponge will say:
“I am here for everyone else.
but no one is ever here for me”,
as the rock looks on,
and says to itself,
“Hello, I am not exactly
going anywhere.”
People tend to want
what they can’t necessarily have,
at the exact moment the want
comes into consciousness,
or on a schedule which
suits them,
but not the person or people
providing the service.
We are all islands in this big stream,
in need of bridges,
rather than the walls,
built of rock or sponge,
that the mind deludes itself
into thinking to be a solution.
Bridges require things like
deferred attention,
setting aside time,
and seeing oneself
as a builder,
not as a victim.
Walls are just fine
with victimhood
and adversary ties.
End of this series of digressions.
Kind of reminds me of a saying found in the tao te ching .
Men are born soft and supple;
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead, they are brittle and dry.
Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible
is a disciple of death.
Whoever is soft and yielding
is a disciple of life.
The hard and stiff will be broken.
The soft and supple will prevail.
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BTW thank you for the article
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I think we are rocks and sponges by turns at different times in our lives.
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Totally agree.
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Awesome! Enjoyed each word!
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Thanks so much, Ray!
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Beautifully written, and well said.
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Thank you for your kind words!
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Thought provoking. Thanks for sharing these observations with us.
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It’s my honour, Margarisa!
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