New Becomings

 Spring is a few days away. It feels different now that restrictions are being lifted after 2 years of being in pandemic limbo, here anyway. On the other side of the world, war is raging like a historical horror busting back into our consciousness and slashing our collective sanity - though wars have always raged, I mistakenly thought it was mostly contained to desert oil sands and religious sects. After finding some solace in my geographical location, personal brand of spiritual awareness, and secular understanding, I thought I had become less concerned with others and their issues - content just to live in my little bubble of bliss. But, discontent has swept across the world and my psyche is not immune, people are now just angry and weird, and it affects me to the point of having to gain back some sense of control.  There's nothing I can do about pandemics and wars - I'm so tired of 'solutions' being tossed around like everyone's an expert on everything. Like, if ...

  Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next  ~Gilda Radner When someone makes a statement about something, it doesn't mean it is at the exclusion of other things. It's a point. One point in the myriad of points that make up our collective knowledge base. When people debate a subject, it's one subject. That subject may become moot or blended in to another subject for further debate. When I say something it is because it is meaningful to me at the time - yet time marches on, I may change my mind or not, but that statement becomes a thing of the past. If a past statement has any relevance to now, it may be used again, perhaps using different words to clarify or update, but again, time marches on, and it may become irrelevant. When people ask questions, the answers come in different forms depending on who is answering. We understand that 2+2=4, no need to discuss the ramifications...