coming and going
coming and going
fluctuating moods
some heavy
others light as fairy
dust floating
one thing in common
they come they go
when delight shows up
mind wants forever
but forever’s a concept
flux is what’s true
human quandary
how to embrace
change especially
the unexpected—
wonder,
my walking stick
nature’s detail
my delight
On another thread I posted this recently when asked to reflect on how unexpected changes can be embraced:
‘I unexpectedly found myself starting a new job on my sixtieth birthday with the alluring title of Senior Educator. ‘Senior’ was intended to reflect experience rather than age but as this was unplanned it felt like a new beginning for me. I embraced the position with newfound enthusiasm, reconnected with prior travel into China in that position and at the time thought I might have a decade of adventure ahead of me. But the surprises were only just starting! I ended up managing the department upon the sudden retirement of my manager and then realising there were far more exciting new frontiers outside of work, retired at 65 to ensure I enjoyed as many of them as I could. Last year I turned 75 and spent six months travelling the eastern seaboard of Australia but we found ourselves farm-sitting on properties to allow their owners a break and holidays of their own. The farm-sitting wasn’t planned either it just evolved. We leave in twenty days to repeat the process again. Who knows what might happen after that!’