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THIS PROFILE PICTURE IS A PAINTING BY SAMUEL BAK. THE TITLE IS "INTERRUPTION". THIS BLOG IS ABOUT CHILDHOOD ABUSE, THE DESTRUCTION IT CAUSES AND HOW I FEEL A CONNECTION TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Deep in Your Soul by Michael McFadden #Trust30 (Post 42)

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

What message is yearning inside you? What is something you know deep in your soul? Don’t look for someone else to describe it. You do it. Write it down. Write it as a poem, a sentence or even just a string of words. Just make sure you get it to paper.
(Author: Michael McFadden)

“Tell me what you know…”
When I think of the universe, all of its wonderment, all of its beauty, all of its pain and struggles, I know nothing.  I am unequal to this task of knowing.   “In the beginning”…what, when, how?  What was before the beginning?  Is the answer simply God, Yahweh, Creator, Source, Higher Power or whatever word I have forgotten?  Who or what else is out there to which we have not connected?  My knowledge, the world’s knowledge is ineffective, inadequate.  We live in a state of blind faith, blind chance.  Truthfully, I believe we are basically “all unknowing”; “all un-powerful”.
We have evolved over time and hopefully we will continue to evolve for the better.  Change is all around us.  Change is the only constant (Heraclitus).  We are in flux.  We flow, always forward, whether we choose it or not. 
So what exactly do I know?
Every day we all create…
consciously or unconsciously,
good or evil,
love or hatred,
kindness or cruelty 
acceptance or rejection
encounters or avoidance
happiness or suffering
peace or war…

This is our humanness.  The choice is ours.  What will I choose today?  What will you choose today?

I want to live today in a conscious state; to do good for someone because of my love for life; to be kind so as to promote acceptance; to create encounters which lead to happiness; and to feel inner peace.

Nico

8 comments:

  1. Nico, You have filled my eyes with deeply appreciative tears once again. This is an amazing piece of honest sharing as well as SUCH AN IMPORTANT message - 'Every day we all create...The choice is ours.' - So poignant and such truth.
    Thank you so much for sharing this!
    You inspire me.

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  2. beautiful words, chosen for today! Rw

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  3. "Every day we all create…
    consciously or unconsciously,
    good or evil,
    love or hatred,
    kindness or cruelty
    acceptance or rejection
    encounters or avoidance
    happiness or suffering
    peace or war…"

    I really like this part of your post. Life is definitely not static. Day in and day out, we are either getting better or worse. And it's always a choice.

    Inspired post Nico.

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  4. "We flow, always forward, whether we choose it or not."
    So true! And in truth, forward is positive!
    The rest is fighting nature, fighting beauty, fighting love.
    Forward movement, toward or away, is positive movement.
    Stay positive!!

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  5. I love the phrase "all un-knowing". Describes us pretty well, I'd say!

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  6. Beautiful Nico, we flow, forward, outward, anyward.... and sometimes we meet there, in the flow :-)

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  7. want to live today in a conscious state...
    If everyone start thinking like this.. world will turn in a better place.

    Lovely read as ever..
    Keep writing Nico

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  8. Yes Nico - as long as I live consciuosly I'm doing all I can. The changes are so drastic and quick that we (I) can't keep up anyway. Better just BE... :-)

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