This article is simply perfect. Sparky's next step can be painful, and it's a step I've been caught in, stuck like a plastic bag snagged on barbed wire, for over ten years now: evolution - evolution of the spirit/soul/whichever term you like - is usually a very lonely affair. The pack is slow to grow (as much as I am a socialist, I am also an anarchist, for the sake of the individual); when you convoy, you feel safe. When you go it alone, you don't have the companionship, but you also don't have anyone telling you to pull over at every McDonald's. I take Sparky's column as a wake-up call. For me, it's a re-awakening, because this is a lesson I've been taught many times, and I can even teach it to the best of my ability, but I really haven't mastered it. Barely begun the process really.
"There Shouldn't be Rules to Being GLBT" by Sparky
http://www.womanist-musings.com/2012/01/there-shouldnt-be-rules-to-being-glbt.html
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Something's missing
I'm having trouble letting go.
2012 is my year for letting go. 2011 was me, shellshocked from an accumulation of years of dreams gone sour, efforts achieving naught, and I was set to simply make my life about finding a job I could retire from, build a life with my boyfriend, retire, and eventually die.
I've always believed in some hidden purpose behind my life. I believed I would achieve something great, something lasting.
But I've achieved the stature of Ozymandias, only the monuments I've built were never built. They fell apart before they could be finished.
And I realize this sounds self-pitying. Overly Western maybe. People all over the world are lucky to have drinkable water, and here I am bemoaning the fact that I'm not successfully providing concrete evidence - exhibitions - of my supposed genius.
It may be pathetic that I'm even writing this, but it's true. It's how I feel. And I'm angry and sad because I don't feel the power inside me to let go of it. I've heard it a million times: 99% is a bitch, 100% is a breeze. Just let go and float into the unknown.
I do try to do that, but it seems more of an escape. I visualize myself floating in space, past the giant spheres of the universe, or exploring the wonders of the ocean. A being forgotten, unneeded, totally free, just being, just experiencing.
Unfortunately, translating that meditative bliss to some kind of belief system hasn't worked out.
Two ways of looking at it are clear. I could look at this as simply part of the path towards freedom, disengaging from my self-expectations. The other possibility is that by giving up my dreams, I have denied a major, important part of my soul.
2012 is my year for letting go. 2011 was me, shellshocked from an accumulation of years of dreams gone sour, efforts achieving naught, and I was set to simply make my life about finding a job I could retire from, build a life with my boyfriend, retire, and eventually die.
I've always believed in some hidden purpose behind my life. I believed I would achieve something great, something lasting.
But I've achieved the stature of Ozymandias, only the monuments I've built were never built. They fell apart before they could be finished.
And I realize this sounds self-pitying. Overly Western maybe. People all over the world are lucky to have drinkable water, and here I am bemoaning the fact that I'm not successfully providing concrete evidence - exhibitions - of my supposed genius.
It may be pathetic that I'm even writing this, but it's true. It's how I feel. And I'm angry and sad because I don't feel the power inside me to let go of it. I've heard it a million times: 99% is a bitch, 100% is a breeze. Just let go and float into the unknown.
I do try to do that, but it seems more of an escape. I visualize myself floating in space, past the giant spheres of the universe, or exploring the wonders of the ocean. A being forgotten, unneeded, totally free, just being, just experiencing.
Unfortunately, translating that meditative bliss to some kind of belief system hasn't worked out.
Two ways of looking at it are clear. I could look at this as simply part of the path towards freedom, disengaging from my self-expectations. The other possibility is that by giving up my dreams, I have denied a major, important part of my soul.
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