Wow it has been such a long time since I have written anything here... almost 5 months!
Winter is upon us now... we had our first reasonable snowfall last night and woke up to a cold wintry wonderland this morning.
Reading Words of the Ancient Wise this morning and I discovered a comment that I had made last year... "This is the first lesson of a Stoic that Death is not to be feared but to be accepted. Once you accept that death is a part of life then you are free to live fully. The only thing of real importance is your choice and that can only be controlled by yourself. Everything else in this life is just details, many of them are wonderful details, but just details. - comments from reading Epictetus DISCOURSES. Book i. 1. 6" I realized that I am still trying to figure out the "best" choices rather than living fully... I am still waiting until I grow up and figure out what I want to be. I always wanted to live purposefully being mindful of everything. When I take stock of my life I realize that I am still living somewhat accidentally. Allowing Life to be lived through me rather than living through Life. It is a subtle and yet vital difference. I am going to spend the rest of December thinking about what I want out of Life and see if I can't start the New Year with a renewed resolve to live life with purpose.
I think the first thing to do today is to sit down and figure out what needs to be accomplished for our Winter Solstice/Saturnalia party on Friday night and for other friends' celebrations next Saturday that we are invited to participate in. Once I have that list I can start a list for the week after leading up to Xmas. This should allow me to live life more deliberately at least until after December 25th. At that point I can take some time for reflection moving into the New Year and beyond.
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That fits in with a Care2 article I posted on my FB account within the last week. It was based on the principal if money wasn't an object, what would you be doing today. I've been giving that a lot of thought.
So between your post and that article, I definatly have some adjustments to make. I've allowed others excuses and constraints to change how I think and that is no longer acceptable.
I don't want to unweave my entire life, but I do want the future threads of my tapestry to be different, but allow me to keep a home and financial security while living my potential and being of service to the gods.
We have a long and interesting journey ahead of us sister.
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