What a great poem; thank you for posting it. The questions at the end of the poem reminded me of the ending of Mary Oliver's poem (The Summer Day, 1990).... "Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?" Questions often seem much more friendly to unfixed people than do answers; questions tend to open up life's horizons with a possibility of joy, whereas answers weigh in with their should-ought-must, killing the spark of life.
What a great observation Joshua. I agree, living the question rather than the answer might be one of the tenets of "living unfixed." Even the literal translation of something "not fixed" suggests movement and an ever-dynamic relationship to what is. Isn't it interesting that we live in a culture where the opposite is promoted? Answers promising joy and happiness in every self-help book and life-hack out there. ;)
I was down by the river (35 mins walk from home) this afternoon, where I have recently started listening to the river at a remote spot. I collect what I 'hear' in a journal ('The River Speaks') and today I was holding a question about stuckness which I am currently having reflected back to me on several fronts. The 'answer' from the river was along the lines of: 'Stillness is full of movement, and a zero point of many possibilities. Stuckness blocks flow but it gives you a photo snapshot of a moment in time to which you can return again and again until you fully understand it, at which point it becomes stillness'. I'm still letting it sink in but maybe it has relevance to 'living unfixed'. I haven't read your story yet, but more rain is on the way so I'll have time later this week. Best regards, Josh.
This is incredible. The way I interpret your message is that "stuckness" has its place. Not something to push away, or get through. By allowing it to exist, and trusting it with gentleness and compassion, the water will eventually flow again, transforming the stuck into still. In this way, any obstruction, limitation, unwanted experience (ie. unfixed) becomes our very doorway into freedom/peace/stillness/salvation.
Yes, you've got it in one. This is Veronika's life-work with the question: 'what is the good reason for negative experiences?' Synchronosophy is a path along which a fully understood negative experience reveals its 'natural habitat', at which point a moment of resolution, release and healing can take place.
What a great poem; thank you for posting it. The questions at the end of the poem reminded me of the ending of Mary Oliver's poem (The Summer Day, 1990).... "Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?" Questions often seem much more friendly to unfixed people than do answers; questions tend to open up life's horizons with a possibility of joy, whereas answers weigh in with their should-ought-must, killing the spark of life.
What a great observation Joshua. I agree, living the question rather than the answer might be one of the tenets of "living unfixed." Even the literal translation of something "not fixed" suggests movement and an ever-dynamic relationship to what is. Isn't it interesting that we live in a culture where the opposite is promoted? Answers promising joy and happiness in every self-help book and life-hack out there. ;)
I was down by the river (35 mins walk from home) this afternoon, where I have recently started listening to the river at a remote spot. I collect what I 'hear' in a journal ('The River Speaks') and today I was holding a question about stuckness which I am currently having reflected back to me on several fronts. The 'answer' from the river was along the lines of: 'Stillness is full of movement, and a zero point of many possibilities. Stuckness blocks flow but it gives you a photo snapshot of a moment in time to which you can return again and again until you fully understand it, at which point it becomes stillness'. I'm still letting it sink in but maybe it has relevance to 'living unfixed'. I haven't read your story yet, but more rain is on the way so I'll have time later this week. Best regards, Josh.
This is incredible. The way I interpret your message is that "stuckness" has its place. Not something to push away, or get through. By allowing it to exist, and trusting it with gentleness and compassion, the water will eventually flow again, transforming the stuck into still. In this way, any obstruction, limitation, unwanted experience (ie. unfixed) becomes our very doorway into freedom/peace/stillness/salvation.
Yes, you've got it in one. This is Veronika's life-work with the question: 'what is the good reason for negative experiences?' Synchronosophy is a path along which a fully understood negative experience reveals its 'natural habitat', at which point a moment of resolution, release and healing can take place.
Being broken is the fix.🙏
“And what would have happened
without the small tenderness I gave
to that wrecked thing I was?” This line says so much. Saving this as reminder. Thank you, Kimberly.
Me too. It's so easy to forget the essential tenderness our aching parts need.
“Don't the leaves
bloom anyway, on those branches
that are left? Don't they make themselves—
just by being alive, just be breathing—
beautiful again?”
These last lines… how resilient and strong we are.
I’ve just saved this to remind me on the hard days…
With love always dear Kimberly xx
Oh! This is a brittle but tender moment! Beautiful.
The conclusion, a lot like yours—allowing, listening, observing instead of needing to intervene. xo